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Issued  June   Is,    1!»1  i. 
(B.  A.  I.  Order  210.) 

U.  S.  DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRICULTURE, 

BUREAU   OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY. 


REGULATIONS  GOVERNING  THE  INTERSTATE  MOVE- 
MENT  OF  LIVE  STOCK, 


Effective  July  1,  1914. 
(Superseding  previous  regulations  on  this  subject.) 


CONTENTS. 


Page. 


Regulation  1.  General  provisions 2 

Regulation  2.  To  prevent  the  spread  of  splenetic  fever  in  cattle 5 

Regulation  3.  To  prevent  the  spread  of  scabies  in  cattle 15 

Regulation  4.  To  prevent  the  spread  of  scabies  in  sheep 21 

Regulation  5.  To  prevent  the  spread  of  hog  cholera  and  swine  plague 25 

Regulation  6.  To  prevent  the  spread  of  dourine  in  horses  and  asses 2  ; 

Regulation  7.  To  prevent  the  spread  of  lip-and-leg  ulceration  in  cattle, 

sheep,  and  swine • 27 

Regulation  8.  To  prevent  the  spread  of  tuberculosis  in  cattle  and  swine—  2S 
Regulation  9.  To  prevent  the  spread  of  glanders  in  horses,  mules,  and 

asses 2S 

Information  for  the  guidance  of  carriers  and  others  relative  to  the  feed- 
ing, watering,  and  resting  of  live  stock  in  course  of  interstate  trans- 
portation  

Acts  of  Congress 30 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary, 
Washington,  D.  C '.,  May  20,  1914. 
Under  the  authority  conferred  upon  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture 
by  the  provisions  of  the  acts  of  Congress,  approved  May  29,  L884  (23 
Stat.,  31),  February  2,  1903  (32  Stat,,  791),  and  March  3,  1905  (33 
Stat.,  1264),  as  amended  by  the  act  approved  March  4,  1913    (37 
46275°— 14 1 


2  REGULATIONS INTERSTATE   MOVEMENT  OF   LIVE   STOCK. 

Stat.,  828,  831),  the  following  regulations  are  hereby  prescribed  for 
the  inspection,  disinfection,  certification,  treatment,  handling,  and 
method  and  manner  of  delivery  and  shipment  of  live  stock  which  is 
the  subject  of  interstate  commerce.  For  purposes  of  identification, 
these  regulations  are  designated  as  B.  A.  I.  Order  No.  210.  The 
regulations  heretofore  issued  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  on  this 
subject,  under  date  of  March  22,  1907,  effective  on  and  after  April 
15, 1907,  and  all  amendments  thereto  (B.  A.  I.  Order  143),  are  hereby 
revoked,  to  take  effect  on  July  1,  1914,  on  and  after  which  date  the 
regulations  herein  prescribed  shall  become  and  be  effective  until 
otherwise  ordered. 

D.  F.  Houston, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


REGULATION  1.  GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

(Acts  of  May  29,  1884,  Feb.  2,  1903,  and  Mar.  3,  1905.) 
DEFINITION  OF  INTERSTATE. 

Section  1.  Wherever  in  these  regulations,  or  in  the  rules  based 
thereon,  the  word  "  interstate  "  is  used,  it  shall  be  construed  to  mean 
"  between  one  State  or  the  District  of  Columbia  and  another  State 
or  the  District  of  Columbia." 

RULE   GOVERNING  QUARANTINE,   ETC.,   OF  DISEASED   LIVE  STOCK. 

Section  2.  When  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  determine  the 
fact  that  cattle  or  other  live  stock  in  a  State  or  in  the  District  of 
Columbia  are  affected  with  any  contagious,  infectious,  or  communi- 
cable disease  notice  will  be  given  of  that  fact.  A  rule  will  be  issued 
placing  in  quarantine  all  or  a  portion  of  the  State  or  the  District  of 
Columbia  in  which  the  disease  exists,  and  this  rule  will  either  abso- 
lutely forbid  the  interstate  movement  of  live  stock  from  the  quaran- 
tined area  or  will  indicate  the  regulations  under  which  interstate 
movements  may  be  made. 

OWNERS,    ETC.,    TO   EXERCISE    CARE   IN    OFFERING   ANIMALS    FOR    TRANSPORTA- 
TION. 

Section  3.  Before  offering  cattle  or  other  live  stock  for  interstate 
transportation,  or  so  transporting  them,  or  introducing  them  into  any 
public  stockyards  or  upon  routes  of  traffic  for  interstate  transporta- 
tion, all  persons  or  corporations  are  required  to  exercise  reasonable 
diligence  to  ascertain  that  such  animals  are  not  affected  with  any 
mmicable  disease,  and  have  not  been  exposed  to  the  contagion 
or  infection  of  disease  by  contact  with  other  animals  so  diseased  or 


REGULATIONS — INTERSTATE  MOVEMENT   OF    LIVE    STOCK.  6 

by  location  in  or  upon,  pons,  premises,  cars,  or  other  vehicles  that 
have  contained  diseased  animals. 

DISINFECTION  OF  PREMISES,  CARS,  BOATS,  ETC. 

Section  I.  Paragraph  /. — Except  as  hereinafter  provided  for  in 
these  regulations,  premises,  cars,  boats,  and  other  vehicles  that  have 
contained  diseased  cattle  or  other  live  stock  shall  not  be  used  in  the 
interstate  transportation  of  healthy  animal-  until  the  said  premises, 
car-,  boats  and  other  vehicles  shall  have  been  thoroughly  clean- 
all  loose  litter  and  other  material  and  disinfected  with  a  solution 
made  with  6  ounces  of  95  per  cent  pure  liquid  carbolic  acid  to  each 
gallon  of  water,  or  a  solution  containing  4  ounces  of  cresol  compound 
U.  S.  P.  to  each  gallon  of  water.  When  either  disinfectant  is  used 
sufficient  lime  (not  to  exceed  1^  pounds  for  each  gallon)  should  be 
added  to  show  where  it  has  been  applied. 

Paragraph  2. — Cars,  boats,  and  other  vehicles  for  use  in  the  inter- 
state transportation  of  healthy  and  nonexposed  cattle  or  other  live 
stock  shall  first  be  cleaned  and  disinfected  as  provided  in  para- 
graph 1  of  this  section,  unless  it  shall  be  shown  to  the  satisfaction. 
of  the  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  either  that  said 
cars  or  other  vehicles  have  been  cleaned  and  disinfected  under  these 
regulations  and  have  not  carried  or  contained  diseased  or  exposed 
animals  since  that  cleaning  and  disinfection,  or  that  the  cars  have 
never  been  used  for  the  transportation  of  diseased  or  exposed  animals. 

DISINFECTION   OF  STOCKYARDS  AND   FEEDING  STATIONS. 

Section  5.  Public  stockyards  and  feeding  stations,  and  approaches, 
chutes,  alleys,  and  pens  thereof  which  have  contained  diseased  or 
exposed  animals  shall,  before  healthy  or  nonexposed  animals  for 
interstate  transportation  are  placed  therein,  be  cleaned  and  dis- 
infected as  provided  in  section  4  of  this  regulation.  Failure  to  clean 
and  disinfect  said  places  will  subject  them  to  quarantine. 

INSPECTION  OF  SHIPMENTS  IN  TRANSIT. 

Section  6.  When  deemed  necessary,  interstate  shipments  of  live 
stock  will  be  stopped  in  transit  for  inspection  and  disposition,  and 
all  persons  and  corporations  having  control  of  the  transportation  of 
such  live  stock  shall  cease  the  carriage  or  transit  thereof  upon  receipt 
of  an  order  from  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  and 
shall  submit  the  shipment  to  inspection. 

SLAUGHTER  OF  ANIMALS   TO   PREVENT   DISEASE. 

Section  7.  When  in  order  to  prevent  the  spread  of  a  disease  it 
becomes  necessary  to  slaughter  any  diseased  or  exposed  live  stock  and 


4  EEGULATIONS — INTERSTATE   MOVEMENT   OF   LIVE   STOCK. 

the  purchase  of  such  live  stock  by  the  United  States  is  authorized  by 
law  and  an  appropriation  is  available  therefor,  the  value  of  the  live- 
stock shall  be  ascertained  and  compensation  made  therefor  either  by 
agreement  with  the  owner  or  by  appraisement  in  the  manner  pro- 
vided by  the  law  of  the  State  wherein  the  owner  of  the  live  stock  has 
his  legal  residence. 

INSPECTION  AND  CERTIFICATION   BY  BUREAU. 

Section  8.  Where  inspection  and  certification  are  required  by  the 
regulations  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  unless  otherwise  stated, 
inspection  and  certification  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal 
Industry  are  meant,  and  such  inspection  and  certification  will  be 
furnished  without  the  payment  of  inspection  fees.  However,  proper 
facilities  for  restraining  animals  and  assistance  shall  be  provided  in 
order  that  a  careful  inspection  may  be  made,  and  the  inspector  while 
making  the  inspection  must  not  be  interfered  with  in  any  manner, 
otherwise  inspection  will  be  immediately  discontinued. 

SHIPMENTS  DIVERTED  IN  TRANSIT. 

Section  9.  Interstate  shipments  of  live  stock  of  any  quarantined 
area  that  are  not  accompanied  by  a  certificate  of  an  inspector  of  the 
Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  showing  freedom  from  disease  or  from 
exposure  thereto,  shall  not  be  diverted  en  route  to  feed  lots  or  to  other 
States  for  feeding,  stocking,  or  breeding  purposes  unless  first  in- 
spected and  certified  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal 
Industry. 

REMOVAL  OF  LIVE  STOCK  TO  FREE  AREA  WITHIN  STATE. 

Section  10.  No  live  stock  shall  be  trailed  or  driven  or  hauled  in 
private  conveyances  from  the  quarantined  area  in  any  State  to  any 
point  in  the  same  State  not  included  in  the  quarantined  area  and 
subsequently  delivered  to  a  transportation  company  for  shipment  to 
any  other  State,  except  in  compliance  with  the  regulations. 

CERTIFICATES  COVERING  INTERSTATE  MOVEMENTS. 

Section  11.  Paragraph  1. — The  certificates  of  inspection  or  treat- 
ment issued  by  the  inspectors  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  cov- 
ering the  interstate  movement  of  live  stock  shall  in  all  cases  accom- 
pany the  live  stock  to  destination. 

Paragraph  2. — Where  interstate  certification  covering  the  move-- 
ment  of  live  stock  is  hereinafter  provided  for  in  these  regulations, 
the  certificates  shall  become  the  property  of  the  transportation  com- 
pany and  shall  be  filed  with  the  billing  for  future  reference. 


REGULATIONS INTERSTATE   MOVEMENT    OF    LI VI'    BTOOK.  5 

REGULATION  2.  TO  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD  OF  SPLENETIC, 
SOUTHERN,  OR  TEXAS  FEVER  IN  CATTLE. 

(Acts  of  Feb.  2,  1903,  and  Mar:  3,  1906.) 

ADOPTION  OF   STATE  QUARANTINE. 

Section  1.  Whenever  any  State  located  within  an  area  quarantined 
by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  for  splenetic,  southern,  or  "> 
fever  shall  duly  establish  a  State  quarantined  area  different  from  the 
quarantined  area  established  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  and 

shall  obtain  the  legislation  requisite  to  enforce  said  State  quarantine 
strictly  and  completely  within  the  boundaries  of  said  State,  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture  will,  if  the  said  State  quarantine  be  e 
factory,  adopt  by  a  rule1  said  State  quarantine,  and  the  State  quar- 
antine thus  adopted  shall  define  the  limits  of  that  portion  of  the 
Federal  quarantined  area. 

MODIFICATION  OF  STATE  QUARANTINE. 

Section  2.  Whenever  any  State  under  authority  of  law  shall 
establish  a  State  quarantine  for  splenetic  fever  which  differs  from  the 
quarantine  established  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  for  the  said 
disease  and  shall  desire  a  modification  of  the  area  quarantined  by 
the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  the  proper  officer  of  the  said  State  shall 
forward  to  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  a  true  map  or  description  of 
such  State  quarantine  and  a  duly  authenticated  copy  of  the  laws  and 
regulations  relating  to  the  establishment  and  enforcement  of  the 
quarantine. 

INTERSTATE    MOVEMENT    OF    CATTLE    TO    PLACES    WHERE    STATE    PROHIBITION 

EXISTS. 

Section  3.  Cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  of  any  State  shall  not 
at  any  time  be  transported,  driven,  or  allowed  to  drift  therefrom  to 
any  portion  of  the  quarantined  area  of  any  other  State  to  which. 
the  movement  of  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  is  prohibited  within 
the  State  itself  by  the  State  authorities  thereof. 

INTERSTATE  SHIPMENTS  OF  CATTLE  FOR  IMMEDIATE  SLAUGHTER. 

Section  4.  Paragraph  1. — Interstate  shipments  of  cattle  from  the 
quarantined  area  may  be  made  at  any  time  by  rail  or  boat  for  im- 
mediate slaughter:  Provided,  That  permission  is  first  obtained  from 
the  proper  official  of  the  State  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  as  the  case 

*A  "  Rule  to  prevent  the  spread  of  splenetic  fever  In  cattle  "  is  in  effect  throughout  the 
entire  year.  This  rule  prescriix's  <h(>  quarantined  area  in  the  respective  States  and  should 
be  considered  in  connection  with  these  regulations.  Copies  of  tin-  rule  may  be  obtaiuod 
from  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  Washington,  D.  C 


6  REGULATIONS INTERSTATE   MOVEMENT  OF   LIVE* STOCK. 

may  be,  at  place  of  destination:  And  provided  further,  That  in  their 
movement  the  provisions  contained  in  paragraphs  2  to  13,  hereinafter 
set  out  in  this  section,  are  strictly  observed  and  complied  with  in  all 
interstate  movements  of  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  to  points  out- 
side the  quarantined  area  except  only  those  movements  authorized  and 
accompanied  by  certificates  of  inspection  or  treatment  issued  by  in- 
spectors of  the  Bureau  of  Annual  Industry. 

Paragraph  2. — Cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  when  received  at 
destinations  outside  of  the  quarantined  area,  or  which  in  course  of  in- 
terstate transportation  from  the  quarantined  area  are  unloaded  at  a 
point  not  within  the  quarantined  area  to  be  fed  or  watered,  or  for 
other  purposes,  shall  be  handled  over  platforms,  chutes,  and  alleys, 
and  placed  in  yards  reserved  for  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area,  and 
such  quarantine  yards  shall  not  be  used  for  horses,  mules,  or  asses. 
Such  yards,  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  shall  be  constructed  and 
maintained  in  accordance  with  the  specifications  set  out  below: 

(a)  The  outside  fences  inclosing  such  quarantine  yards,  and  the 
fences  on  either  side  of  the  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  leading 
thereto  shall  be  tight  board  fences  not  less  than  6  feet  high  on  the 
inside. 

(b)  If  such  yards,  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  are  adjacent  to 
yards,  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  for  cattle  not  of  the  quarantined 
area,  there  shall  be  between  them  a  space  not  less  than  10  feet  wide, 
which  shall  be  inaccessible  to  live  stock;  this  space  shall  be  limited 
on  one  side  by  the  6-foot  fence  required  by  specification  (a)  and  on 
the  other  side*  by  a  similar  fence.  The  remaining  space  around  such 
yards  shall  be  limited   as  in  specification  (c)  following. 

(c)  If  such  yards,  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  are  isolated  from 
other  yards,  alleys,  chutes,  or  platforms,  there  shall  be  built  and  main- 
tained outside  thereof  on  all  sides  to  which  cattle  of  the  vicinity  might 
otherwise  approach  a  well-constructed  cattle-proof  fence  not  less  than 
5  feet  high  and  not  less  than  15  feet  from  the  6-foot  fence  required 
by  specification  (a). 

(d)  The  only  means  of  egress  from  yards  for  cattle  of  the  quar- 
antined area  in  transit  shall  be  by  way  of  the  alleys,  chutes,  and  plat- 
forms inclosed  by  6-foot  fences,  as  required  by  specification  (a),  to 
cars  for  reforwarding,  and  under  no  circumstances  shall  there  exist 
any  connection  between  such  yards  and  the  yards  for  cattle  not  of 
the  quarantined  area  or  other  adjacent  premises. 

(e)  The  yards  reserved  for  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  shall  be 
so  located,  or  such  drainage  facilities  shall  be  provided  therefor,  that 
water  therefrom  will  not  flow  onto  the  adjacent  property. 

(/)  The  yards  reserved  for  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  shall  be 
marked  by  a  conspicuous  sign  bearing  the  words  "  QUAKANTINE 


SIMULATIONS INTERSTATE   MOVEMENT   OF    LT  K.  7 

YABDS"  or  "QUARANTINE  PENS"  id  Letters  do(  Less  than 
10  inches  in  height. 

Paragraph 8. — If  cattle  not  of  the  quarantined  area  be  driven  over 
platforms,  chutes,  or  alleys,  or  placed  in  the  yards  reserved  for 
cattle  of  the  quarantined  area,  such  cattle  shall  thereafter  be  treated 
in  all  respects  as  if  they  were  actually  of  the  quarantined  area:  like- 
wise, if  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  or  originating  on  quarantined 
or  infected  premises  are  moved  to  a  point  outside  of  the  quarantined 
area  or  from  such  quarantined  or  infected  premises  without  first 
having  been  treated  as  required  by  this  regulation  for  movement  as 
noninfected  cattle,  the  stock  pens,  cars,  and  other  premises,  and  any 
cattle  with  which  they  may  have  come  in  contact  shall  be  considered 
in  all  respects  as  quarantined  premises  and  cattle  until  treated  in 
accordance  with  this  regulation. 

Paragraph  4-  If>  f°r  any  reason,  such  as  unavoidable  delays  or 
wrecks,  it  is  necessary  to  unload  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  which 
are  being  transported  as  "  southern  cattle  "  into  pens  or  yards  which 
have  not  been  specially  provided  and  reserved  for  that  purpose  as 
hereinbefore  indicated,  the  premises  shall  be  disinfected  as  provided 
by  paragraphs  9  and  10  of  this  section,  and  the  transportation  com- 
pany shall  immediately  report  the  transaction  by  telegraph  to  the 
Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  Washington,  D.  C.  Such 
report  shall  include  the  information  indicated  below: 

(a)  Nature  of  emergency. 

(b)  Place  where  the  cattle  were  unloaded. 

(o)   Original  points  of  shipment  and  destination. 

((/)  Number  and  initials  of  the  original  car;  also  number  and 
initials  of  the  car  into  which  the  cattle  are  reloaded  in  case  the 
original  car  is  not  used. 

Paraqrayh  5. — The  transportation  companies  shall  securely  affix  to 
both  sides  of  all  cars  or  boats  carrying  interstate  shipments  of  cattle 
from  the  quarantined  area  (except  those  accompanied  by  certificates 
of  inspection  or  treatment  issued  by  inspectors  of  the  Bureau  of  Ani- 
mal Industry  covering  shipments  of  cattle  as  provided  in  section  S 
hereof)  durable  placards  not  less  than  5^  by  8  inches  in  size,  on  which 
shall  be  printed  with  permanent  black  ink  and  in  bold-faced  letters  not 
than  U  inches  in  height  the  words  "SOUTHERN  CATTLE." 
These  placards  shall  also  show  the  name  of  the  place  from  which  the 
shipment  was  made,  the  date  of  the  shipment  (which  must  correspond 
with  the  date  of  the  waybills  and  other  papers),  the  name  of  the  trans- 
portation company,  and  the  name  of  the  place  of  destination.  Each 
of  the  waybills,  conductors'  manifests,  memoranda,  and  bills  of  lading 
pertaining  to  such  shipments  by  cars  or  boats  shall  have  the  words 
"  SOUTHERN  CATTLE  "  plainly  written  or  stamped  upon  its  face. 


8  REGULATIONS INTERSTATE   MOVEMENT  OF   LIVE   STOCK. 

Whenever  such  shipments  are  transferred  to  another  transportation 
compan}'  or  into  other  cars  or  boats,  or  are  rebilled  or  reconsigned 
from  any  point  not  in  the  quarantined  area  to  a  point  other  than  the 
original  destination,  the  cars  or  boats  into  which  said  cattle  are  trans- 
ferred and  the  new  waybills,  conductors'  manifests,  memoranda,  and 
bills  of  lading  covering  said  shipment  by  cars  or  boats  shall  be  marked 
:is  herein  specified  for  cars  or  boats  carrying  said  cattle  from  the 
quarantined  area,  and  for  the  billing,  etc.,  covering  the  same.  If  for 
any  reason  the  placards  required  by  this  regulation  are  removed  from 
the  car  or  boat  or  are  destroyed  or  rendered  illegible  they  shall  be 
immediately  replaced  by  the  transportation  company  or  its  agents, 
the  intention  being  that  legible  placards  designating  the  shipment  as 
c;  southern  cattle  "  shall  be  maintained  on  the  car  or  boat  from  the 
time  such  shipments  leave  the  shipping  point  in  the  quarantined  area 
until  they  are  unloaded  at  final  destination  and  the  cars  or  boats 
s re  treated  as  hereinafter  specified. 

Paragraph  6. — No  car  or  boat  containing  an  interstate  shipment  of 
cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  shall  receive  on  board  cattle  which  are 
not  of  the'  quarantined  area.  Interstate  shipments  of  cattle  of  the 
quarantined  area  shall  not  be  made  to  points  outside  of  said  quaran- 
tined area  unless  proper  facilities  have  been  provided  for  unloading 
the  said  cattle  directly  into  pens  or  yards  specially  provided  and  re- 
served for  such  cattle. 

Paragraph  7. — Cars  required  by  section  10  of  this  regulation  to  be 
cleaned  and  disinfected  shall  be  treated  in  the  following  manner: 
Remove  all  litter  and  manure  from  all  portions  of  the  cars,  in- 
cluding the  ledges  and  framework  outside;  wash  the  exterior  and 
interior  of  the  car  until  clean  and  saturate  the  entire  interior  surface, 
including  the  inner  surfaces  of  the  car  doors,  with  the  disinfecting 
material  described  in  paragraph  10  of  this  section. 

Paragraph  8. — Boats  required  by  section  10  of  this  regulation  to  be 
cleaned  and  disinfected  shall  be  treated  in  the  following  manner: 
Remove  all  litter  and  manure  from  the  decks,  stalls,  and  all  other 
parts  of  the  boat  occupied  or  traversed  by  such  cattle  and  from  the 
portable  chutes  or  other  appliances  or  fixtures  used  in  loading  and 
unloading  same  and  wash  them  until  clean,  and  saturate  the  entire 
surface  of  the  decks,  stalls,  or  other  parts  of  the  boat  occupied  or 
traversed  by  the  cattle  or  with  which  they  may  have  come  in  contact 
or  which  have  contained  litter  or  manure  with  the  disinfecting 
material  described  in  paragraph  10  of  this  section. 

Paragraph  9. — Yards,  pens,  chutes,  and  alleys  required  by  para- 
graph 4  of  this  section  to  be  disinfected  shall  be  treated  in  the  fol- 
lowing manner :  Empty  all  troughs,  racks,  or  other  feeding  or  water- 
ing facilities  and  wash  them  until  clean ;  remove  all  litter  and  manure 
from  the  floors,  posts,  or  other  parts  and  wash  them  until  clean; 


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and  .-at iii-ate  the  entire  surface  of  the  fencing,  troughs,  chutes,  floor-, 
Avails,  and  other  parts  with  the  disinfecting  materia]  described  in  tlie 
following  paragraph. 

ragraph  10. — As  materials  for  the  disinfection  of  can 

.  chutes,  and  alleys  which  have  contained  cattle  of  the  qua 
tined  area  one  of  those  indicated  below  shall  be  used:  (a)  A  solution 
made  with  6  ounces  of  95  per  cent  pure  liquid  carbolic  acid  to  each 
gallon  of  water,  or  (b)  a  solution  containing  4  ounces  of  cres 
pound  U.  S.  P.  to  each  gallon  of  water.  When  either  disinfectant  is 
used,  sufficient  lime  (not  to  exceed  U  pounds  for  each  gallon)  should 
be  added  to  show  where  it  has  been  applied. 

Paragraph  11. — The  litter  and  manure  removed  from  cars,  boats, 
or  other  vehicles,  and  from  pens,  chutes,  alleys,  or  other  premises 
or  inclosures  which  have  contained  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area 
shall  be  so  located  or  stored  that  noninfected  cattle  can  not  come  in 
contact  with  it  unless  disinfected  by  saturating  it  with  any  disin- 
fecting material  specified  in  the  preceding  paragraph  of  the  strength 
and  composition  indicated  therein.  Such  litter  and  manure  may  be 
stored  without  disinfection  during  the  period  from  February  1  to 
October  31,  inclusive,  of  each  year;  and  when  so  stored  the  storage 
space  should  be  tightly  inclosed  and  shall  be  so  situated  or  so  sur- 
rounded by  cattle-proof  fences  or  other  structures  that  no  cattle 
other  than  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  may  approach  closer  to  it 
than  15  feet. 

Paragraph  12. — Cars  which  have  carried  cattle  within  the  quar- 
antined area  of  any  State  shall  be  cleaned  and  disinfected  before 
being  taken  to  any  point  in  another  State  not  in  the  quarantined  area. 
The  cleaning  and  disinfecting  of  such  cars  at  points  in  the  quaran- 
tined area  where  Federal  inspection  is  maintained  shall  be  done 
under  the  supervision  of  employees  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  In- 
dustry. These  provisions  shall  not  apply  to  cars  containing  cattle 
in  the  course  of  interstate  transportation  for  immediate  slaughter 
in  accordance  with  these  regulations. 

Paragraph  IS. — The  regulations  relating  to  the  movement  of  cattle 
of  the  quarantined  area  as  prescribed  by  the  proper  State  officers  at 
destination  shall  be  carefully  observed. 

PRIVATE  MOVEMENT  OF  CATTLE  FROM  QUARANTINED  AREA. 

Section  5.  Paragraph  1. — Cattle  shall  not  be  trailed  or  driven  or 
hauled  in  private  conveyances  from  the  quarantined  area  in  any 
State  to  any  point  in  any  other  State  not  included  in  the  quaran- 
tined area. 

Paragraph  2. — Cattle  shall  not  be  trailed,  driven,  or  hauled  in 
private  conveyances  from  the  quarantined  area  in  any  State  to  any 
point  in  the  same  State  not    included  in  the  quarantined   area   and 

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10         REGULATIONS INTERSTATE   MOVEMENT  OF   LIVE  STOCK. 

subsequently  delivered  to  a  transportation  company  for  shipment  to 
any  other  State  except  in  compliance  with  the  regulations. 

UNLOADING   CATTLE   FOR  REST,   FEED,  AND  WATER. 

Section  6.  Paragraph  1. — Cattle  not  of  the  quarantined  area  which 
are  transported  interstate  by  rail  through  the  quarantined  area  may 
be  unloaded  therein  for  rest,  feed,  and  water  into  properly  equipped 
noninfectious  pens,  provided  such  pens  and  the  platforms,  chutes, 
and  alleys  leading  thereto  are  constructed  and  maintained  in  accord- 
ance  with  the  specifications  set  out  below : 

(a)  The  outside  fences  inclosing  such  pens,  and  the  fences  on  either 
side  of  the  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  leading  thereto  shall  be 
tight  board  fences  not  less  than  6  feet  high  on  the  inside. 

(b)  If  such  pens,  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  are  adjacent  to 
pens,  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  for  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area, 
there  shall  be  between  them  a  space  not  less  than  10  feet  wide,  which 
shall  be  inaccessible  to  live  stock;  this  space  shall  be  limited  on  one 
side  by  the  6-foot  fence  required  by  specification  (<z),  and  on  the 
other  side  by  a  similar  fence. 

(c)  If  such  pens,  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  are  either  isolated 
from  or  adjacent  to  other  pens,  alleys,  chutes,  or  platforms,  there 
shall  be  built  and  maintained  outside  thereof  on  all  sides  to  which 
cattle  of  the  vicinity  might  otherwise  approach  a  cattle-proof  fence 
not  less  than  5  feet  high  and  not  less  than  15  feet  from  the  6-foot 
fence  required  by  specification  (a). 

(d))  The  only  means  of  egress  from  such  pens  shall  be  by  way  of 
the  alleys,  chutes,  and  platforms  inclosed  by  6-foot  fences  as  required 
by  specification  (a),  to  cars  for  reforwarding,  and  under  no  circum- 
stances shall  there  exist  any  connection  between  such  pens  and  the 
pens  for  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  or  other  adjacent  premises. 

(e)  Such  noninfectious  premises  shall  be  so  located,  or  such  drain- 
age facilities  shall  be  provided  therefor,  that  water  from  the  sur- 
rounding area  will  not  flow  onto  or  through  them. 

(/)  Such  pens  shall  be  marked  by  a  conspicuous  sign  bearing  the 
words  "NONINFECTIOUS  PENS"  in  letters  not  less  than  10 
inches  in  height. 

Paragraph  2. — The  hay,  straw,  or  similar  materials  required  for 
feed  and  bedding  in  such  noninfectious  premises  shall  be  shipped  in 
noninfectious  cars  from  points  outside  of  the  quarantined  area  and 
so  handled  that  they  may  not  become  infectious. 

CATTLE   FROM  FREE  AREAS  INFESTED   WITH  CATTLE  TICKS. 

Section  7.  Paragraph  1. — Cattle  infested  with  the  tick  Margarojnis 
annulatus,  or  southern  cattle  tick,  disseminate  the  contagion  of  sple- 
netic, southern,  or  Texas  fever ;  therefore  any  cattle  not  of  the  quar- 
antined area  which  are  infested  with  this  tick  shall  be  considered  as 


REGULATION'S — INTERSTATE    MOVEMENT    OF    LIVE   STOCK.  11 

infected  cattle  and  shall  be  subject  to  the  regulations  governing  the 

interstate  movement  of  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area. 

Paragraph  8. — Stockyard  companies  receiving  interstate  shipments 
of  cattle  infested  with  the  said  ticks  shall  place  the  said  cattle  in  the 
set  aside  for  the  use  of  cattle  of  the  quarantined  area,  and  trans- 
portation companies  outside  of  the  quarantined  area  are  required  to 
clean  and  disinfect,  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  this  I 
lation,  all  cars  and  boats  used  in  interstate  transportation  which  have 
contained  the  infested  cattle. 

DIPPING   AND   MOVEMENT   OF  INFESTED   CATTLE. 

Section  8.  Paragraph  J. — Cattle  of  the  quarantined  area,  or  othei 
cattle  exposed  to  or  infested  with  ticks  {Margaropm  armulaf;*  \ . 
which  have  been  properly  dipped  twice  with  an  interval  of  from  5  to 
12  days  in  a  permitted  arsenical  solution  or  otherwise  treated  in  a 
tier  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  under  the  supervi- 
sion of  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  and  which 
have  been  certified  by  the  said  inspector  to  be  free  of  infection  from 
splenetic  fever,  may  be  moved  interstate  for  any  purpose:  Proir<<i<  . 
That  the  requirements  set  forth  in  paragraph  6  of  this  section  are 
fully  complied  with. 

Pamr/i  xph  2. — Cattle  in  areas  where  tick  eradication  is  being 
tematica7  7  conducted  in  cooperation  with  the  State  authorities,  or 
any  cattle  presented  at  a  properly  equipped  dipping  station  in  the 
quarantined  area  which  on  inspection  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau 
of  Animal  Industry  are  found  to  be  apparently  free  from  ticks,  may. 
after  one  dipping  in  an  approved  arsenical  solution  under  the  super- 
vision of  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  and  certi- 
fication by  the  said  inspector,  be  shipped  interstate  for  any  purpose: 
Provided,  That  the  conditions  are  such  that  the  cattle  may  be  moved 
to  the  free  area  or  to  a  transportation  line  without  exposure  to  infec- 
tion: And  provided  further,  That  the  requirements  set  forth  in  para- 
graph 6  of  this  section  are  fully  complied  with. 

Paragraph  3. — Cattle  in  the  quarantined  area  which  have  been 
properly  dipped  at  least  once  in  a  permitted  arsenical  solution  und<  r 
the  supervision  of  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Indi 
or  a  duly  authorized  State  inspector  may  be  shipped  as  "  DIPPED 
TICKY  CATTLE  "  to  a  market  center  where  proper  dipping  facili- 
ties are  provided  and  inspection  maintained  by  the  Bureau  of  Ani- 
mal Industry,  and  if  on  inspection  at  such  market  center  the  cattle 
are  found  to  be  apparently  free  from  ticks  they  may,  after  one  dip- 
ping under  the  supervision  of  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal 
Industry  in  from  5  to  12  days  after  the  last  previous  dipping,  and 
certification  by  the  said  inspector,  he  moved  interstate  for  any  pur- 
pose: Provided,  That  the  cattle  so  shipped  shall  he  accompanied  to 


12  REGULATIONS INTERSTATE   MOVEMENT  OF   LIVE   STOCK. 

such  market  center  by  a  statement  of  dipping  issued  I5y  the  inspector 
supervising  the  same  at  the  point  of  origin,  showing  the  consignor, 
consignee,  number  of  cattle,  and  date  of  dipping,  and  shall  be 
handled  as  quarantined  cattle  until  the  final  dipping  is  accomplished : 
Provided  further,  That  the  transportation  companies  shall  securely 
affix  to  both  sides  of  all  cars  or  boats  carrying  dipped  ticky  cattle 
from  the  quarantined  area  durable  placards  not  less  than  5J  by  8 
inches  in  size  on  which  shall  be  printed  with  permanent  black  ink 
and  in  bold- face  letters  not  less  than  H  inches  in  height  the  words 
"DIPPED  TICKY  CATTLE."  These  placards  shall  also  show 
the  name  of  the  place  from  which  the  shipment  was  made,  the  date 
of  the  shipment  (which  must  correspond  with  the  date  of  the  way- 
bills and  other  papers),  the  name  of  the  transportation  company,  and 
the  name  of  the  place  of  destination.  Each  of  the  waybills,  con- 
ductors' manifests,  memoranda,  and  bills  of  lading  pertaining  to  such 
shipments  by  cars  or  boats  shall  have  the  words  "  DIPPED  TICKY 
CATTLE  "  plainly  written  or  stamped  upon  its  face.  Whenever 
such  shipments  are  transferred  to  another  transportation  company 
or  into  other  cars  or  boats,  or  are  rebilled  or  reconsigned  to  a  point 
other  than  the  original  destination,  the  cars  or  boats  into  which  said 
cattle  are  transferred  and  the  new  waybills,  conductors'  manifests, 
memoranda,  and  bills  of  lading  covering  said  shipments  shall  be 
marked  as  herein  specified  for  cars  or  boats  carrying  said  cattle  from 
the  quarantined  area,  and  for  the  billing,  etc.,  covering  the  same.  If 
for  any  reason  the  placards  required  by  this  regulation  are  removed 
from  the  cars  or  boats  or  are  destroyed  or  rendered  illegible  they 
shall  be  immediately  replaced  by  the  transportation  company  or  its 
agents,  the  intention  being  that  legible  placards  designating  the 
shipment  as  "  DIPPED  TICKY  CATTLE  "  shall  be  maintained  on 
the  car  or  boat  from  the  time  such  shipments  leave  the  shipping  point 
in  the  quarantined  area  until  they  are  unloaded  at  destination  and 
the  cars  or  boats  are  cleaned  and  disinfected  as  required  by  section 
10  of  this  regulation:  Provided  further,  That  the  requirements  set 
forth  under  (a),  (&),  (<?),  and  (d)  of  paragraph  6  of  this  section  are 
fully  complied  with. 

Paragraph  4. — Cattle  located  in  areas  where  tick  eradication  is 
being  conducted  in  cooperation  with  the  State  authorities,  and  which 
arc  on  premises  known  by  inspectors  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  In- 
dustry to  be  free  from  ticks,  may,  upon  inspection  and  certification 
at  a  suitable  season  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Indus- 
try, be  moved  interstate  for  any  purpose  without  dipping:  Provided, 
That  the  conditions  are  such  that  the  cattle  may  be  moved  to  the 
free  area  or  to  a  transportation  line  without  exposure  to  infection, 
and  the  requirements  set  forth  under  (a)  and  (b\  of  paragraph  6 
of  this  section  are  fully  complied  with.     ' 


REGULATIONS — INTERSTATE    MOVEMENT    OF    LIVE    STOCK.  13 

Pa/ragraphS, — Horses,  mules,  and  asses  which  are  infested  with 
ticks  {Margarojms  armvZatus)  shall  not  be  moved  interstate  to  points 
outside  the  quarantined  area  unless  they  are  treated  in  accordance 
with  the  requirements  sel  forth  in  this  regulation  governing  the  inter- 
state movement  of  cattle. 

Pwagraph6. —  (  a)  All.  movements  of  inspected  or  dipped  and  certi- 
fied cattle  shall  be  accompanied  by  the  certificate  covering  the  m 
ment,  shall  be  handled  through  noninfectious  pens,  alleys,  and  chutes, 
and  when  shipped  shall  be  loaded  into  clean  and  disinfected  cars,  and 
shall  not  be  unloaded  in  the  quarantined  area  except  at  such  points 
reserved  for  noninfected  cattle  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  author- 
ized by  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

(b)  All  such  interstate  movements  of  inspected  or  dipped  and 
certified  cattle  are  subject  to  such  restrictions  as  may  be  imposed  at 
destination  by  the  officials  of  the  State  or  the  District  of  Columbia. 

(c)  Cattle  of  the  quarantined  area  shall  be  considered  infected  and 
shall  not  be  placed  in  noninfectious  pens  or  premises  until  after  the 
final  inspection  or  dipping. 

(d)  The  dipping  of  cattle  for  interstate  movement  shall  be  done 
only  at  places  where  proper  facilities  are  provided  for  dipping  and 
for  handling  the  cattle  in  a  manner  to  prevent  exposure  to  infection 
after  the  final  dipping.  The  dipping  shall  be  done  in  a  permitted 
arsenical  solution  containing  arsenic  trioxid  (white  arsenic)  in  the 
proportion  of  10  pounds  of  arsenic  trioxid  to  500  gallons  of  the  dip- 
ping bath,  which  shall  at  all  times  show  a  minimum  of  twenty-two 
hundredths  per  cent  of  arsenious  oxid  in  solution,  as  indicated  by  the 
Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  field  test  for  the  arsenical  dipping  bath.1 
Cattle  which  are  to  be  dipped  shall,  prior  to  dipping,  be  given  an 
opportunity  to  drink  sufficient  water  to  quench  their  thirst  and  be 
carefully  handled  and  not  dipped  while  they  are  in  a  heated  or  ex- 
hausted condition.  The  department  disclaims  responsibility  for  any 
loss  or  damage  resulting  from  the  dipping. 

(e)  After  receiving  the  final  dipping  in  the  quarantined  area,  cat- 
tle shall  be  handled  through  noninfectious  pens,  alleys,  and  chutes 
surrounded  by  a  well-constructed  cattle-proof  fence,  immediately 
outside  of  which  there  shall  be  a  space  not  less  than  15  feet  wide 
which  shall  at  all  times  be  inaccessible  to  live  stock.     Th 

be  limited. on  one  side  by  the  fence  previously  described  and  on  the 
other  by  a  similar  fence,  and  no  rubbish,  litter,  or  vegetation  shall  be 
allowed  to  collect  in  this  15-foot  space,  the  ground  surface  of  which 
shall  be  thoroughly  disinfected  when  deemed  necessary  by  the  in- 
spector supervising  the  dipping.  Such  drainage  facilities  shall  be 
provided  as  will  prevent  water  from  flowing  into  the  pens,  alleys,  or 
chutes  from  the  surrounding  ground. 

1  T.ulletin  No,  7G  of  tlie  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture. 


14  REGULATIONS INTERSTATE    MOVEMENT   OF    LIVE    STOCK. 

(/')  When  deemed  advisable  in  cases  of  emergency  cattle  may  be 
handled,  after  the  final  dipping,  through  the  ordinary  stock  ; 
alleys,  and  chutes:  Provided,  That  the  pens,  alleys,  and  chutes  and 
adjacent  ground  for  several  feet  are  thoroughly  cleaned  of  all  manure, 
litter,  and  other  loose  materials,  and  thoroughly  disinfected  with  a 
solution  made  with  6  ounces  of  95  per  cent  pure  liquid  carbolic  acid 
to  each  gallon  of  water,  or  a  solution  containing  4  ounces  of  cresol 
compound  U.  S.  P.  to  each  gallon  of  water,  sufficient  lime  (not  to 
exceed  1£  pounds  for  each  gallon)  to  be  added  to  either  disinfectant 
to  show  where  it  has  been  applied,  or  a  permitted  arsenical  dip  at 
double  the  strength  required  for  dipping  cattle  for  ticks:  And  pro- 
vided further.  That  the  cattle  shall  not  be  held  in  such  disinfected 
pens,  alleys,  or  chutes  for  a  period  longer  than  12  hours  after  dipping 
before  being  loaded  into  clean  and  disinfected  cars  for  shipment  as 
noninfected  cattle. 

Paragraph  7. — The  exhibition  of  uninfected  cattle  at  fairs  or  ex- 
hibitions in  the  quarantined  area  and  their  reshipment  to  the  free 
area  without  dipping  may  by  written  order  be  permitted :  Provided, 
That  the  cattle  shall  be  handled  under  such  conditions  as  may  be 
prescribed  in  each  case  to  preclude  any  danger  of  the  spread  of 
infection. 

TRANSPORTATION    COMPANIES    TO    REQUIRE    SIGNED    STATEMENTS. 

Section  9.  Before  accepting  or  moving  an  interstate  shipment  of 
cattle  to  a  point  not  in  the  quarantined  area  from  that  portion  of 
the  quarantined  area  from  which,  under  the  rules  of  the  Secretary  of 
Agriculture,  cattle  may  be  shipped  after  inspection  for  purposes  other 
than  immediate  slaughter,  transportation  companies  shall  secure  a 
signed  statement  from  each  owner  or  consignor  of  said  cattle  showing 
the  purpose  for  which  the  cattle  are  shipped.  In  every  case  this 
statement  shall  accompany  the  waybills. 

CLEANING   AND   DISINFECTING    CARS  AND    BOATS. 

Section  10.  Cars  or  boats  which  have  carried  cattle  of  the  quar- 
antined area  outside  thereof,  except  those  cattle  shipped  under  para- 
graphs 1,  2,  and  4  of  section  8  of  this  regulation,  shall  be  cleaned  and 
disinfected  by  the  final  carrier,  as  provided  by  paragraphs  7  and  8, 
respectively,  of  section  4  of  this  regulation,  as  soon  as  possible  after 
unloading  and  before  the  said  cars  or  boats  are  again  used  in  the 
interstate  transportation  of  live  stock  or  merchandise:  Provided, 
however,  That  if  such  cars  are  to  be  used  within  48  hours  for  refor- 
warding  quarantined  cattle  to  another  point  to  which,  such  cattle 
may  be  shipped  in  accordance  with  this  regulation  it  is  not  required 


REGULATIONS INTERSTATE    MOVEMENT    OF    LIVE    STOCK.  15 

that  they  be  cleaned  and  disinfected  until  unloaded  at  such  ! 
tination.  The  final  carrier  which  is  responsible  for  the  cleaning  and 
disinfecting  of  such  cars  shall  keep  the  nearest  bureau  office  informed 
of  their  location  until  treated  in  accordance  with  this  regulation.  If 
it  is  impracticable  to  provide  proper  facilities  for  cleaning  and  (lis- 
ting cars  at  the  point  where  the  diseased  or  exposed  cattle  are 
unloaded  therefrom,  the  transportation  company  shall  seal,  hill,  and 
forward  the  infectious  cars  to  a  point  to  be  agreed  upon  between 
an  agent  of  the  company  and  a  representative  of  the  Bureau  of  An  - 
mal  Industry,  and  shall  there,  in  the  presence  and  under  the  super- 
vision of  an  employee  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  clean  and 
disinfect  the  said  cars. 

REGULATION  3.  TO  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD  OF  SCABIES  IN  CATTLE.1 

(Acts  of  Feb.  2,  1903,  and  Mar.  3,  1905.) 
MOVEMENT  OF  CATTLE  AFFECTED  WITH  SCABIES. 

Section  1.  Paragraph  1. — Cattle  which  are  diseased  with  scabies 
shall  not  be  shipped,  trailed,  or  otherwise  removed,  or  allowed  to 
drift  from  one  State  or  the  District  of  Columbia  into  another  State 
or  the  District  of  Columbia,  except  as  hereinafter  provided,  and  no 
cattle  shall  be  shipped,  trailed,  or  otherwise  removed,  or  allowed  to 
drift  from  one  State  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  a  portion  thereof, 
quarantined  for  the  disease  of  scabies  in  cattle  into  another  State 
or  the  District  of  Columbia,  except  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Paragraph  2. — No  cattle  shall  be  trailed  or  driven  or  hauled  in 
private  conveyances  from  the  quarantined  area  in  any  State  to  any 
point  in  the  same  State  not  included  in  the  quarantined  area  and 
subsequently  delivered  to  a  transportation  company  for  shipment  to 
any  other  State  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  unless  the  said  cattle 
shall  have  been  inspected  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal 
[ndustry  and  found  to  be  free  from  disease  and  are  accompanied  by 
a  certificate  from  the  said  inspector. 

Paragraph  3. — The  removal  of  cattle  unaccompanied  by  a  certifi- 
cate of  inspection  from  an  inspector  of  the  State  or  the  District  of 
( lolumbia,  or  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  from  a 
quarantined  portion  of  a  State  or  the  District  of  Columbia  into  a 
portion  of  the  same  State  or  the  District  of  Columbia  not  quarantined, 
will  subject  the  unquarantined  portion  of  the  State  or  the  District 
of  Columbia  to  quarantine. 

lA  "  Rule  to  prevent  the  spread  of  scabies  in  cattle"  is  in  effeci  throughout  the  entire 
year.  This  rale  prescribes  the  quarantined  area  in  (be  respective  States  and  should  be 
considered  In  connection  with  these  regulations.  Copies  of  the  rale  may  be  obtained  from 
the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  Washington,  1 >.  C. 


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MOVEMENT  OF  CATTLE  SUBSEQUENT  TO  DIPPING,  AND  MOVEMENT  FROM  CLEANED 

AREAS. 

Section  2.  No  cattle  shall  be  shipped  or  moved  interstate  from 
States  or  portions  thereof  quarantined  by  the  Secretary  of  Agricul- 
ture for  scabies  in  cattle  for  purposes  other  than  immediate  slaughter, 
except  as  hereinafter  provided  for,  unless  dipped  in  a  permitted  dip 
under  the  supervision  of  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  In- 
dustry. Cattle  originating  on  ranges,  pastures,  or  premises  which 
have  been  cleaned  of  scabies  under  the  supervision  of  a  bureau  in- 
spector or  cooperating  State  authorities,  or  which  have  been  deter- 
mined by  a  bureau  inspector  or  such  cooperating  State  authorities 
to  be  free  from  scabies  infection  by  investigation  made  at  the  owners' 
request  and  at  a  time  best  calculated  to  ascertain  the  actual  condi- 
tions, may  on  inspection  and  certification  by  a  bureau  inspector  be 
permitted  to  move  interstate  for  any  purpose.  However,  subsequent 
infection  or  exposure  thereto  of  such  excepted  ranges,  pastures,  or 
premises  by  the  introduction  of  cattle  from  infected  or  uninspected 
territory  shall  again  subject  them  to  the  necessity  of  recleaning  or 
investigation,  as  the  case  may  be. 

MOVEMENT  OF  "UNINSPECTED   CLEAN  CATTLE"  AND   "UNINSPECTED  EXPOSED 

CATTLE." 

Section  3.  Paragraph  1. — Cattle  of  herds  of  the  quarantined  area 
which  are  not  diseased  with  scabies  may,  when  accompanied  by  a  per- 
mit issued  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  within 
10  days  of  the  date  of  shipping,  be  shipped  interstate  without  inspec- 
tion as  "  uninspected  clean  cattle "  to  any  market  or  slaughtering 
center  where  inspection  is  maintained  or  where  facilities  are  avail- 
able for  dipping  or  slaughtering  cattle  under  the  supervision  of  the 
Bureau  of  Animal  Industry :  Provided,  That  the  permits  under  which 
such  shipments  are  made  shall  accompany  the  billing  and  be  deliv- 
ered by  the  transportation  company  to  the  inspector  at  destination 
at  the  time  of  his  inspection  of  the  cattle.  When  so  shipped  the  cattle 
shall  be  submitted  for  inspection  at  destination.  If  found  upon  such 
inspection  to  be  free  from  disease  and  exposure  thereto  en  route, 
no  further  restriction  shall  be  placed  upon  them,  but  if  found  to  be 
infected  or  to  have  been  exposed  by  coming  in  contact  with  diseased 
cattle  or  infectious  premises  they  shall  not  thereafter  be  permitted 
interstate  shipment  until  treated  as  herein  prescribed  for  diseased 
or  exposed  cattle,  as  the  case  may  be, 

Paragraph  2. — Cattle  not  visibly  diseased,  but  which  may  be  a  part 
of  a  diseased  herd,  may,  without  inspection,  be  shipped  interstate  as 
"  uninspected  exposed  cattle  "  for  immediate  slaughter  from  points  in 
the  quarantined  area,  or  from  a  point  en  route  where  found  to  be  ex- 
posed  to  scabies,  to  any  recognized  slaughtering  center  where  separate 


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pens  are  provided  for  yarding  exposed  cattle;  or  such  cattle  may, 
without  inspection,  be  shipped  interstate  as  "uninspected  exp 
cattle  "  for  dipping  to  points  where  facilities  are  maintained  for  dip- 
ping cattle  under  the  supervision  of  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of 
Animal  Industry,  and  where  separate  pens  are  provided  for  yarding 
exposed  cattle. 

Paragraph  3. — When  "uninspected  clean  cattle,"  as  provided  in 
paragraph  1,  or  "uninspected  exposed  cattle,"  as  provided  in  para- 
graph 2,  are  shipped  interstate  without  inspection  under  the  terms  of 
this  regulation  the  transportation  company  shall  affix  to  both  sides 
of  each  car  or  boat  carrying  such  cattle  a  durable  placard,  not  less 
than  5-J  by  8  inches  in  size,  on  which  shall  be  printed  with  permanent 
black  ink  in  bold-face  letters  not  less  than  1J  inches  in  height  the 
words  "UNINSPECTED  CLEAN  CATTLE"  or  "UNIN- 
SPECTED EXPOSED  CATTLE,"  as  the  case  may  be.  The  plac- 
ards shall  also  show  the  name  of  the  place  from  which  the  shipment 
was  made,  the  date  of  the  shipment  (which  date  must  correspond  with 
the  date  of  the  waybills  and  other  papers) ,  the  name  of  the  transporta- 
tion company,  and  the  name  of  the  place  of  destination.  Each  of  the 
waybills,  conductors'  manifests,  memoranda,  and  bills  of  lading  per- 
taining to  such  shipments  by  cars  or  boats  shall  have  the  words 
"UNINSPECTED  CLEAN  CATTLE"  or  "UNINSPECTED 
EXPOSED  CATTLE,"  as  the  case  may  be,  plainly  written  or 
stamped  upon  its  face.  Whenever  such  shipments  are  transferred  to 
another  transportation  company  or  into  other  cars  or  boats,  or  are 
rebilled  or  reconsigned  to  a  point  other  than  the  original  destination, 
the  cars  or  boats  into  which  said  cattle  are  transferred  and  the  new 
waybills,  conductors'  manifests,  memoranda,  and  bills  of  lading  cov- 
ering such  shipments  by  cars  or  boats  shall  be  marked  as  herein  speci- 
fied for  cars  or  boats  first  carrying  said  cattle,  and  for  the  billing, 
etc.,  covering  the  same.  If  for  any  reason  the  placards  required  by 
this  regulation  are  removed  from  the  car  or  boat  or  are  destroyed 
or  rendered  illegible  they  shall  be  immediately  replaced  by  the  trans- 
portation company  or  its  agents,  the  intention  being  that  legible 
placards  shall  be  maintained  on  the  cars  or  boats  from  the  time 
of  shipment  until  they  arrive  at  destination,  and  until  the  disposi- 
tion of  the  cars  or  boats  is  indicated  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau 
of  Animal  Industry. 

SHIPMENTS    FOR   IMMEDIATE   SLAUGHTER. 

Section  4.  Cattle  diseased  with  scabies  which  have  been  dipped 
once  in  a  permitted  dip  under  the  supervision  of  an  inspector  of  the 
Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  within  10  days  of  date  of  shipment,  may 
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18  REGULATIONS INTERSTATE   MOVEMENT  OF   LIVE   STOCK. 

be  shipped  interstate  for  immediate  slaughter  to  a  recognized  slaugh- 
tering center,  and  when  so  shipped  the  said  cattle  shall  not  be  di- 
verted en  route  and  shall  be  slaughtered  within  two  weeks  after 
arrival  at  destination. 

SHIPMENTS  OF  STOCKERS  AND  FEEDERS. 

• 

Section  5,  Paragraph  1. — Cattle  diseased  with  scabies  which  are 
to  be  shipped  interstate  for  stockers  or  feeders  shall  be  dipped  twice 
in  a  permitted  dip,  10  days  apart,  under  the  supervision  of  an  in- 
spector of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

Paragraph  2. — Cattle  diseased  with  scabies  may  be  dipped  once  in 
a  permitted  dip  under  the  supervision  of  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau 
of  Animal  Industry  at  the  point  of  origin  and  shipped  interstate 
for  stocking  or  feeding  purposes  if  arrangements  have  been  made 
for  the  second  dipping  en  route  or  at  destination  at  the  required  time 
after  the  first  dipping  at  a  point  where  there  is  an  inspector  stationed 
and  under  his  supervision. 

Paragraph  3. — Cattle  not  visibly  diseased  with  scabies  but  which 
are  known  to  be  part  of  a  diseased  herd  or  have  come  in  contact  with 
diseased  cattle  or  infectious  premises,  when  intended  for  stockers  or 
feeders,  shall  be  dipped  once  at  point  of  origin  under  the  supervision 
of  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  in  a  permitted 
dip,  or  they  may  be  dipped  en  route  instead  of  at  point  of  origin  by 
special  permission  first  had  and  obtained  from  the  chief  of  the 
Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

INSPECTION  AFTER  DIPPING. 

Section  6.  After  dipping  the  cattle  shall  in  all  cases  be  submitted 
to  inspection  before  shipment. 

CATTLE  EXPOSED  DURING  TRANSIT. 

Section  7.  Should  healthy  cattle  in  transit  from  a  State  not  quar- 
antined by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  for  scabies  in  cattle  be  un- 
loaded en  route  or  at  destination  and  placed  in  infectious  premises, 
they  shall  be  treated  as  exposed  cattle,  and  shall  not  be  forwarded  to 
destination  for  purposes  other  than  for  immediate  slaughter  until 
they  shall  have  been  dipped  once  in  a  permitted  dip  or  otherwise 
treated  in  a  manner  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  under 
the  supervision  of  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

MOVEMENT  OF  DIPPED  AND  EXPOSED  CATTLE. 

Section  8.  When  diseased  cattle  that  have  been  dipped  once  in  a 
permitted  dip  or  when  cattle  not  visibly  diseased  but  which  are 


REGULATIONS — ISTEB&TATE    MOVEMENT    OF    LIVH    STOCK.  19 

known  to  be  part  of  a  diseased  herd,  are  shipped  interstate  in  ac- 
cordance with  paragraph  3  of  section  5,  the  transportation  company 

shall  affix  to  both  sides  of  each  car  or  boat  carrying  such  cattle  a 
durable,  conspicuous  placard,  not  less  than  5  J-  by  8  inches  in  size,  on 
which  shall  be  printed  with  permanent  black  ink  in  bold-face  letters 
not  less  than  1J  inches  in  height  the  words  "  DIPPED  SCABBY 
CATTLE,"  or  "  CATTLE  EXPOSED  TO  SCABIES,"  as  the  case 
may  be.  These  placards  shall  also  show  the  name  of  the  place  from 
which  the  shipment  was  made,  the  date  of  the  shipment  (which  must 
correspond  with  the  date  of  the  waybills  and  other  papers),  the 
name  of  the  transportation  company,  and  the  name  of  the  place  of 
destination.  Each  of  the  waybills,  conductors'  manifests,  memoranda, 
and  bills  of  lading  pertaining  to  such  shipments  by  cars  or  boats 
shall  have  the  words  "  DIPPED  SCABBY  CATTLE,"  or  "  CAT- 
TLE EXPOSED  TO  SCABIES,"  as  the  case  may  be,  written  or 
stamped  upon  its  face.  Whenever  such  shipments  are  transferred 
to  another  transportation  company  or  into  other  cars  or  boats,  or 
are  rebilled  or  reconsigned  to  a  point  other  than  the  original  desti- 
nation, the  cars  or  boats  into  which  said  cattle  are  transferred  and 
the  new  waybills,  conductors'  manifests,  memoranda,  and  bills  of 
lading  covering  such  shipments  by  cars  or  boats  shall  be  marked  as 
herein  specified  for  cars  or  boats  first  carrying  said  cattle  and  for 
the  billing,  etc.,  covering  the  same.  If  for  any  reason  the  placards 
required  by  this  regulation  are  removed  from  the  car  or  boat  or  are 
destroyed  or  rendered  illegible,  they  shall  be  immediately  replaced  by 
the  transportation  company  or  its  agents;  the  intention  being  that 
legible  placards  shall  be  maintained  on  the  cars  or  boats  from  the  time 
of  shipment  until  they  arrive  at  destination  or  point  of  dipping,  and 
the  disposition  of  the  cars  or  boats  is  indicated  by  an  inspector  of  the 
Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

PERMITTED  DIPS. 

Section  9.  Paragraph  1. — The  dip  at  present  permitted  by  the  de- 
partment for  the  treatment,  under  official  supervision,  of  cattle  affected 
with  or  exposed  to  scabies  is  the  lime-sulphur  dip  made  in  the  pro- 
portion of  12  pounds  of  unslaked  lime  (or  16  pounds  of  commercial 
hydrated  lime — not  air-slaked  lime)  and  24  pounds  of  flowers  of  sul- 
phur to  100  gallons  of  water.  The  dipping  bath  should  be  used  at  a 
temperature  of  100°  to  105°  F.,  and  must  at  all  times  be  maintained 
at  a  strength  of  not  less  than  2  per  cent  of  "  sulphid  sulphur."  as 
indicate^  by  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  field  test  for  lime-sul- 
phur baths. 

Paragraph  2. — A  proprietary  brand  of  lime-sulphur  solution  may 
be  used  in  official  dipping  only  after  specific  permission  therefor  has 


20  REGULATIONS INTERSTATE   MOVEMENT  OF   LIVE   STOCK. 

been  issued  by  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry.  No  dip  other  than 
the  lime-sulphur  dip  will  hereafter  be  given  department  permission 
for  use  in  the  official  dipping  of  cattle  for  scabies  unless  it  has  been 
shown  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  (1)  that 
the  strength  of  the  bath  prepared  therefrom  may  be  satisfactorily 
determined  in  the  field  by  a  practical  portable  testing  outfit;  (2) 
that  under  actual  field  conditions  the  dipping  of  cattle  in  a  bath  of 
definite  strength  will  effectually  eradicate  scabies  infection  without 
injury  to  the  animals  dipped. 

CATTLE  INFECTED  OR  EXPOSED  IN  TRANSIT. 

Section  10.  Cattle  shipped  interstate  under  a  certificate  from  an 
inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  are  not  guaranteed  un- 
interrupted transit,  for  in  the  event  of  the  discovery  of  scabies  or  of 
exposure  thereto  en  route,  the  cattle  shall  thereafter  be  handled  as 
diseased  or  exposed  cattle,  as  hereinbefore  provided,  and  the  cars  or 
other  vehicles  and  the  chutes,  alleys,  and  pens  which  have  been  occu- 
pied by  them  shall  be  cleaned  and  disinfected  as  hereinafter  provided 
in  section  12. 

movement  of  cattle  from  public  stockyards. 

Section  11.  Public  stockyards  shall  be  considered  infectious  and 
the  cattle  yarded  therein  as  having  been  exposed  to  the  disease,  and 
no  cattle  shall  be  removed  therefrom  to  another  State  or  the  District 
of  Columbia,  except  for  immediate  slaughter,  without  dipping. 
Where,  however,  a  part  or  all  of  the  stockyards  is  reserved  and  set 
apart  for  the  reception  of  uninfected  shipments  of  cattle  and  is  kept 
free  of  disease,  cattle  may  be  shipped  interstate  from  the  uninfec- 
tious  yards  or  portions  thereof  without  dipping.  If  diseased  cattle 
are  introduced  into  the  uninfectious  yards  or  portions  thereof,  they 
shall  be  immediately  removed  therefrom,  and  the  chutes,  alleys,  and 
pens  used  by  them  thoroughly  cleaned  and  disinfected.  No  cattle 
shall  be  shipped  interstate  from  any  stockyards  where  an  inspector 
of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  is  stationed  without  a  certificate 
of  inspection  or  of  dipping  issued  by  the  said  inspector. 

disinfection  of  cars,  premises,  etc. 

Section  12.  Paragraph  1. — Cars  and  other  vehicles,  yards,  pens, 
sheds,  chutes,  etc.,  which  have  contained  diseased  cattle  shall  be 
cleaned  and  disinfected  in  the  following  manner:  Remove  all  litter 
and  manure  and  then  saturate  the  interior  surfaces  of  the  cars  and 
woodwork,  flooring,  and  ground  of  the  chutes,  alleys,  and  pens  with 
a  solution  made  with  6  ounces  of  95  per  cent  pure  liquid  carbolic 
acid  to  each  gallon  of  water,  or  a  solution  containing  4  ounces  of 


REGULATIONS — INTERSTATE    MOVEMENT   OF   LIVE    E 

I  compound  U.  s.  P,  to  each  gallon  of  wafer.    When  « •' 

9ed  sufficient  lime  (not  to  exceed  11  pound*  !lon) 

should  be  added  to  show  where  it  has  been  applied. 

Para/graph  & — Cars  and  premise.-  are  not  required  to  he  clea 
and  disinfected  on  account  of  their  having  contained  u  dipped  scabby 
cattle"  that  have  been  dipped  within  10  days  or  cattle  that   have 
been  exposed  to  scabies. 

REGULATION  4.  TO  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD  OF  SCABIES  IN  SHEEP.1 

(Acts  of  Feb.  2,  1903,  and  Mar.  3,  1905.) 

MOVEMENT  OF  SHEEP  AFFECTED  WITH  SCABIES. 

Section  1.  Paragraph  1. — No  sheep  which  are  diseased  with  scabies 
shall  be  shipped,  trailed,  or  otherwise  removed,  or  allowed  to  drift, 
from  one  State  or  the  District  of  Columbia  into  another  State  or  the 
District  of  Columbia,  except  as  hereinafter  provided,  and  no  sheep 
shall  be  shipped,  trailed,  or  otherwise  removed,  or  allowed  to  drift, 
from  a  State  or  a  portion  thereof  quarantined  for  the  disease  of 
scabies  in  sheep  into  another  State  or  the  District  of  Columbia  except 
as  hereinafter  provided. 

Paragraph  2. — No  sheep  shall  be  trailed  or  driven  or  hauled  in 
private  conveyances  from  the  quarantined  are-a  in  any  State  to  any 
point  in  the  same  State  not  included  in  the  quarantined  area  and 
subsequently  delivered  to  a  transportation  company  for  shipment  to 
any  other  State  or  the  District  of  Columbia  until  the  sheep  shall  have 
been  inspected  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry 
and  found  to  be  free  from  disease  and  from  exposure  thereto,  and 
are  accompanied  by  a  certificate  from  the  said  inspector. 

Paragraph  3. — All  of  the  sheep  in  a  certain  flock  or  shipment  in 
which  the  disease  is  present  shall  be  classed  as  diseased  sheep,  and 
none  of  them  shall  be  removed  or  offered  for  interstate  shipment 
until  dipped  as  hereinafter  provided.  The  practice  of  "  picking "  a 
flock — that  is,  removing  any  sheep  which  are  visibly  diseased  and  then 
offering  any  portion  of  the  remaining  sheep  for  either  inspection  or 
interstate  shipment,  or  both — is  directly  and  positively  prohibited. 

SHEEP  EXPOSED  IN  TRANSIT. 

Section  2.  Healthy  sheep  in  an  area  not  quarantined  for  the  dis- 
ease of  scabies  in  sheep  which  have  not  been  exposed  to  the  d\ 
by  coming  in  contact  with  diseased  sheep  or  infectious  premises  may 
be  shipped  or  trailed  interstate  without  restriction  by  the  regulations 

1  A  "  Rule  to  prevent  the  spread  of  scabies  in  sheep  "  is  In  effect  through  the  entire 
year.  This  rule  prescribes  the  quarantined  area  in  the  respective  States  and  should  be 
considered  in  connection  with  these  regulations.  Copies  of  the  rule  may  be  obtained  from 
the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  Washington,  D.  C. 


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of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  to  prevent  the  spread  of  scabies  in 
sheep ;  but  if  said  sheep  be  unloaded  en  route  or  at  destination  and 
are  placed  in  infectious  premises  they  shall  thereafter  be  treated  as 
exposed  sheep  and  shall  not  be  forwarded  to  destination  for  pur- 
poses other  than  immediate  slaughter  until  they  shall  have  been 
dipped,  under  the  supervision  of  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of 
Animal  Industry. 

MOVEMENT  OF  SHEEP  FOR  IMMEDIATE  SLAUGHTER  AND  FOR  STOCKING  AND 

FEEDING. 

Section  3.  Paragraph  1. — Sheep  that  are  diseased  with  scabies 
and  that  have  been  dipped  once  in  a  permitted  dip  under  the  super- 
vision of  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  within  10 
days  of  date  of  shipment  may  be  shipped  interstate  for  immediate 
slaughter  to  a  recognized  slaughtering  center,  and  when  so  shipped 
the  said  sheep  shall  not  be  diverted  en  route  and  shall  be  slaughtered 
within  two  weeks  after  arrival  at  destination.  If  diseased  sheep  are 
to  be  shipped  interstate  for  stocking  or  feeding  purposes  they  shall 
be  dipped  twice  as  above  indicated,  10  days  apart,  and  shall  be  sub- 
mitted to  inspection  before  shipment. 

Paragraph  2. — Sheep  that  are  not  diseased  with  scabies  but  which 
have  been  exposed  to  the  contagion  of  the  disease  may  be  moved 
interstate  for  feeding  or  stocking  purposes  after  one  dipping,  or 
they  may  be  shipped  interstate  by  rail  or  boat  to  a  recognized 
slaughtering  center  for  immediate  slaughter  without  dipping. 

TRANSPORTATION    REQUIREMENTS    FOR    DISEASED     AND    EXPOSED    SHEEP. 

Section  4.  When  diseased  sheep  have  been  dipped  once  and  are 
shipped  interstate  for  slaughter  in  accordance  with  section  3,  para- 
graph 1,  or  when  exposed  sheep  are  shipped  interstate  without  dip- 
ping for  immediate  slaughter  in  accordance  with  section  3,  para- 
graph 2,  the  transportation  company  shall  affix  to  both  sides  of 
each  car  or  boat  a  durable  placard  not  less  than  5-|  by  8  inches 
in  size,  on  which  shall  be  printed  with  permanent  black  ink  in 
bold-face  letters  not  less  than  \\  inches  in  height  the  words 
"DIPPED  SCABBY  SHEEP"  or  "  EXPOSED  SHEEP  FOR 
SLAUGHTER,"  as  the  case  may  be.  These  placards  shall  also  show 
the  name  of  the  place  from  which  the  shipment  was  made,  the  date 
of  the  shipment  (which  must  correspond  with  the  date  of  the  way- 
bills and  other  papers),  the  name  of  the  transportation  company, 
and  the  name  of  the  place  of  destination.  Each  of  the  way- 
bills, conductors'  manifests,  memoranda,  and  bills  of  lading  per- 
taining to  such  shipments  by  cars  or  boats  shall  have  the  words 
"DIPPED  SCABBY  SHEEP"  or  "EXPOSED  SHEEP  FOR 
SLAUGHTER,"  as  the  case  may  be,  written  or  stamped  upon  its 


BEGULATIONS — IBTTEBSTAT]  LIVESTOCK.         23 

face.     Whenever  such  shipments  are  transferred  to  another  ti 
pollution  company  or  into  other  cars  or  boats,  or  are  rehilled  or  re- 
consigned  to  a  point  other  than  the  original  destination  the  ca 
boats  into  which  said  sheep  arc  transferred  and  the  new  waybills, 
conductors'  manifests,  memoranda,  and  bills  of  lading  covering 
shipments  b}T  cars  or  boats  shall  be  marked  as  herein  specified   for 
cars  or  boats  first  carrying  said  sheep  and  for  the  billing,  etc.,  cover- 
ing the  same.    If  for  any  reason  the  placards  required  by  this  regu- 
lation are  removed  from  the  car  or  boat  or  are  destroyed  or  rendered 
illegible,  they  shall  be  immediately  replaced  by  the  transportation 
company  or  its  agents,  the  intention  being  that  legible  placards  shall 
be  maintained  on  the  cars  or  boats  from  the  time  of  shipment  until 
they  arrive  at  destination,  and  the  disposition  of  the  cars  or  boat     is 
indicated  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

PERMITTED  DIPS. 

Section  5.  Paragraph  1. — The  dip  at  present  permitted  by  the  de- 
partment for  the  treatment  under  official  supervision  of  sheep  affected 
with  or  exposed  to  scabies  is  the  lime-sulphur  dip  made  in  the  pro- 
portion of  8  pounds  of  unslaked  lime  (or  11  pounds  of  commercial 
hydrated  lime — not  air-slaked  lime)  and  24  pounds  of  flowers  of 
sulphur  to  100  gallons  of  water.  The  dipping  bath  should  be  used 
at  a  temperature  of  100°  to  105°  F.,  and  must  at  all  times  be  main- 
tained at  a  strength  of  not  less  than  1^  per  cent  of  "  sulphid  sul- 
phur," as  indicated  by  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  field  test  for 
lime-sulphur  baths. 

Paragraph  2, — A  proprietary  brand  of  lime-sulphur  solution  may 
be  used  in  official  dipping  only  after  specific  permission  therefor  has 
been  issued  by  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry.  No  dip  other  than 
the  lime-sulphur  dip  will  hereafter  be  given  department  permission 
for  use  in  the  official  dipping  of  sheep  for  scabies  unless  it  has  been 
shown  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  (1) 
that  the  strength  of  the  bath  prepared  therefrom  may  be  sal 
torily  determined  in  the  field  by  a  practical  portable  testing  outfit ; 
(2)  that,  under  actual  field  conditions,  the  dipping  of  sheen  in  a 
bath  of  definite  strength  will  effectually  eradicate  scabies  infection 
without  injury  to  the  animals  dipped. 

LOSSES  FROM  DIPPING. 

Section  6.  The  dipping  shall  be  done  carefully  and  the  sheep 
handled  as  humanely  as  possible.  The  department  disclaims  re- 
sponsibility for  any  loss  or  damage  resulting  from  the  dipping,  and 
those  who  wish  to  avoid  any  risks  that  may  be  incident  to  dipping 
at  the  stockyards,  as  well  as  to  avoid  liability  to  prosecution,  should 


24  REGULATIONS INTERSTATE    MOVEMENT    OF    LIVE    STOCK. 

see  that  their  sheep  are  free  from  disease  before  shipping  them  to 
market. 

SHEEP  DISEASED  OR  EXPOSED  IN  TRANSIT. 

Section  7.  Sheep  shipped  interstate  under  a  certificate  from  an 
inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  are  not  guaranteed 
uninterrupted  transit,  for  in  the  event  of  the  discovery  of  scabies 
or  of  exposure  thereto  en  route  the  sheep  shall  thereafter  be  handled 
as  diseased  or  exposed  sheep,  as  hereinbefore  provided,  and  the  cars 
or  other  vehicles  and  the  chutes,  alleys,  and  pens  which  have  been 
occupied  by  them  shall  be  cleaned  and  disinfected,  as  hereinafter 
provided  in  section  9  of  this  regulation. 

SHIPMENTS  FROM  PUBLIC  STOCKYARDS. 

Section  8.  Paragraph  1. — Public  stockyards  shall  be  considered 
infectious  and  the  sheep  yarded  therein  as  having  been  exposed  to  the 
disease,  and  no  sheep  shall  be  shipped  interstate  therefrom,  except 
for  immediate  slaughter,  without  dipping.  Where,  however,  a  part 
or  all  of  the  stockyards  is  reserved  and  set  apart  for  the  reception  of 
uninfected  shipments  of  sheep  and  is  kept  free  of  disease,  sheep  may 
be  shipped  interstate  from  the  uninfectious  yards  or  portions  thereof 
without  dipping. 

Paragraph  2. — If  diseased  sheep  are  introduced  into  the  uninfec- 
tious yards  or  portions  thereof,  they  shall  be  immediately  removed 
therefrom  and  the  chutes,  alleys,  and  pens  occupied  by  the  said  sheep 
shall  be  thoroughly  cleaned  and  disinfected.  No  sheep  shall  be 
shipped  interstate  from  any  stockyards  where  an  inspector  of  the 
Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  is  stationed  without  a  certificate  of 
inspection  or  of  dipping  issued  by  the  said  inspector. 

DISINFECTION   OF   CARS,   PREMISES,   ETC. 

Section  9.  Cars  and  other  vehicles,  yards,  pens,  sheds,  chutes,  etc., 
that  have  contained  diseased  sheep  shall  be  cleaned  and  disinfected  in 
the  following  manner :  Kemove  all  litter  and  manure  and  then  satu- 
rate the  interior  surfaces  of  the  cars  and  woodwork,  flooring,  and 
ground  of  the  chutes,  alleys,  and  pens  with  a  solution  made  with  6 
ounces  of  95  per  cent  pure  carbolic  acid  to  each  gallon  of  water,  or 
a  solution  containing  4  ounces  of  cresol  compound  U.  S.  P.  to  each 
gallon  of  water.  When  either  disinfectant  is  used  sufficient  lime  (not 
to  exceed  1J  pounds  per  gallon)  should  be  added  to  show  where  it  has 
been  applied.  Cars  and  premises  are  not  required  to  be  cleaned  and 
disinfected  on  account  of  their  having  contained  "dipped  scabby 
sheep  "  that  have  been  dipped  within  10  days  or  sheep  that  have 
been  exposed  to  scabies. 


BEGULATIONB — INTBR8TATB    MOVEMENT   OF    LIVE   STOCK. 

REGULATION   5.    TO   PREVENT  THE   SPREAD   OF    HOG    CHOLERA   AND 

SWINE  PLAGUE. 

(Acts  of  May  29,  1884,  and  Feb.  2,  L903. 1 

INTERSTATE   MOVEMENT   OF  DISEASED   SWINE   PROHIBITED. 

Section  1.  No  swine  which  are  diseased  with  hog  cholera  or  swine 
plague  shall  be  transported,  trailed,  or  driven,  or  otherwise  removed 
from  one  State  or  the  District  of  Columbia  into  another  State  or  the 
District  of  Columbia.  All  persons  intending  to  ship  swine  interstate 
shall  ascertain  before  offering  them  for  such  shipment  that  the 
animals  are  not  diseased  and  have  not  been  exposed  to  the  contagion 
of  either  disease. 

MOVEMENT  OF  SWINE  FROM  PUBLIC  STOCKYARDS. 

Section  2.  Paragraph  1. — Public  stockyards  shall  be  considered 
infectious,  and  no  interstate  movement  of  swine  therefrom  shall  be 
made  for  feeding  or  stocking  purposes  except  as  hereinafter  pro- 
vided. Diseased  swine  shall  not  be  shipped  interstate  from  the  stock- 
yards, but  shall  be  condemned  and  slaughtered.  Swine  of  a  lot  that 
are  not  diseased,  but  which  have  been  exposed,  may  be  shipped  inter- 
state to  a  recognized  slaughtering  center  for  immediate  slaughter; 
but  when  so  shipped  they  shall  be  billed  as  "  exposed  to  hog  cholera,*' 
and  the  cars  shall  be  so  placarded. 

Paragraph  2. — Swine  intended  for  purposes  other  than  immediate 
slaughter  may  be  shipped  interstate  from  public  stockyards  subject 
to  the  requirements  of  the  State  of  destination,  provided  that  on  in- 
spection by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  they  arc 
found  to  be  free  from  symptoms  of  cholera  and  other  contagious  or 
communicable  diseases,  and  that  they  are  treated  by  a  competent 
veterinarian,  under  bureau  supervision,  in  a  portion  of  the  stockyards 
set  aside  for  that  purpose,  in  accordance  with  one  or  the  other  of  the 
methods  set  forth  under  (a)  and  (b)  following: 

(a)  ""Serum  alone"  method. — The  swine  may  be  given  the  "  serum 
alcne "  inoculation  with  hog-cholera  serum  prepared  under  license 
from  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture.  After  receiving  this  treatment 
they  shall  be  disinfected  in  a  2  per  cent  solution  of  cresol  compound 
U.  S.  P.  and  be  held  in  noninfectious  pens  for  at  least  six  hours 
before  being  loaded  for  interstate  transportation. 

(L)  "Simultaneous  inoculation  "  method. — The  swine  may  be  given 
the  "  simultaneous  inoculation "  with  hog-cholera  serum  and  virus, 
prepared  under  license  from  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture.  After 
receiving  this  treatment  they  shall  be  held  under  supervision  for  a 
period  of  not  less  than  14  days.  If  during  this  period  they  have 
exhibited  no  symptoms  of  hog  cholera  or  other  contagious  disease 


20  REGULATION'S INTERSTATE    MOVEMENT   OF    LIVE    STOCK. 

tliey  shall  be  disinfected  in  a  2  per  cent  solution  of  cresol  compound 
.  P.  and  be  held  in  noninfectious  pens  for  at  least  six  hours 
be  fore  being  loaded  for  interstate  transportation. 

Paragraph  3. — Clean  and  disinfected  cars  or  other  vehicles  only 
shall  be  used  for  the  interstate  movement  of  swine  which  have  been 
given  the  "  serum  alone  "  inoculation  or  the  "  simultaneous  inocula- 
tion,"  and  such  movement  must  in  every  case  be  under  certificate 
issued  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

DISINFECTION    OF    CARS,    PREMISES,    ETC. 

Section  3.  Cars  and  other  vehicles  and  pens  or  yards  which  have 
contained  interstate  shipments  of  diseased  or  exposed  swine  shall  be 
cleaned  and  disinfected  as  soon  as  possible  after  unloading.  Cars 
that  have  contained  interstate  shipments  of  swine  destined  to  market 
centers  shall  not  be  removed  until  the  inspector  has  ascertained  the 
condition  of  the  live  animals  and  either  released  the  cars  or  given 
notice  that  they  shall  be  cleaned  and  disinfected.  Cleaning  and  dis- 
infection shall  be  done  by  first  removing  all  litter  and  manure  and 
then  saturating  the  interior  surfaces  of  the  cars  and  the  woodwork, 
flooring,  and  ground  of  the  chutes,  alleys,  and  pens  with  a  solution 
made  with  4  ounces  of  cresol  compound  U.  S.  P.  to  each  gallon  of 
water,  to  which  should  be  added  sufficient  lime  (not  to  exceed  14 
pounds  per  gallon)  to  show  where  it  has  been  applied. 

REGULATION  6.  TO  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD  OF  DOURINE  IN  HORSES 

AND  ASSES. 

(Acts  of  May  29,  1884,  and  Mar.  3,  1905.) 

MOVEMENT    OF  ANIMALS    FROM    QUARANTINED    AREAS    PROHIBITED. 

Section  1.  No  horses  or  asses  shall  be  offered  for  interstate  ship- 
ment, shipped,  transported,  driven  or  trailed,  or  otherwise  removed 
or  allowed  to  drift  interstate  from  an  area  quarantined  by  the  Sec- 
retary of  Agriculture  for  dourine,  without  inspection  and  certifica- 
tion of  freedom  from  the  disease  for  the  purpose  of  the  particular 
movement  by  an  inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry.  Own- 
ers and  custodians  of  horses  or  asses  for  whom  inspection  is  made 
shall  provide  such  reasonable  facilities  and  render  such  assistance  as 
may  be  required  by  the  inspector. 

BREEDING   ANIMALS   IN    QUARANTINED   AREAS. 

Section  2.  If  stallions  or  jacks  shall  be  allowed  to  run  at  large  in 
an  area  quarantined  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  for  dourine,  or 
if  there  shall  be  any  breeding:  of  horses  or  asses  in  a  herd  in  an  area 
quarantined  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  for  dourine  in  which 
there  is  a  horse  or  an  ass  which  has  been  exposed  to  the  infection  of 


REGULATIONS — I1TPBBSTATH    MOVEMENT   OF   TJVE   KTOCK.  27 

dourine  within  18  months  after  the  said  exposure,  ;i  rule  will  be 
issued  forbidding  absolutely  the  interstate  movement  of  any  h< 
or  asses  from  tho,  said  area  until  certified  by  an  inspector  of  the 

Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  as  having  passed  the  complement 
tion  test  for  such  disease. 

APPRAISAL  OF  AND  COMPENSATION  FOR  ANIMALS. 

Section  3,  When  it  is  necessary  in  order  to  prevent  the  spread  of 
the  disease  and  to  aid  in  its  extermination,  and  an  appropriation  is 
available  therefor,  the  Department  of  Agriculture  will  cooperate 
with  the  various  States  in  the  purchase  of  diseased  animals  in  the 
following  manner: 

(a)  The  fact  of  infection  with  this  disease  shall  be  determined  by 
the  complement-fixation  test  applied  in  the  laboratory  of  the  Bureau 
of  Animal  Industry. 

(b)  The  animal  shall  be  appraised  at  its  actual  value  by  an  in- 
spector of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  and  the  State  veterinarian 
or  an  assistant  State  veterinarian  of  the  State  in  which  the  animal  is 
located,  or,  when  provided  by  State  law,  assessed  value  as  shown  by 
the  assessor's  books  will  be  accepted  in  lieu  of  appraisal. 

(c)  The  department  will  pay  one-half  the  appraised  or  assessed 
,  value,  provided  such  share  shall  in  no  case  exceed  $100  and  the  owner 

signs  an  agreement  to  accept  such  sum  as  compensation  in  full  for 
the  discharge  of  all  claims  he  may  have  against  the  United  States 
Department  of  Agriculture  on  account  of  the  destruction  of  the 
animal  in  question. 

REGULATION  7.  TO  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD   OF   LIP-AND-LEG   ULCER- 
ATION (NECROBACILLOSIS)  IN  CATTLE,  SHEEP,  AND  SWINE. 

(Act  of  May  29,  1884.) 

INTERSTATE  MOVEMENT  OF  DISEASED  ANIMALS  PROHIBITED. 

Section  1.  No  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  or  other  live  stock  affected  with 
lip-and-leg  ulceration  (necrobacillosis)  which  by  a  physical  exami- 
nation show  such  disease  to  exist  in  more  than  one  tissue  or  show 
lesions  of  the  disease  with  pus  formation  shall  be  shipped,  trailed. 
transported,  or  otherwise  removed  from  one  State  or  the  District  of 
Columbia  into  another  State  or  the  District  of  Columbia. 

MOVEMENT  OF  SHEEP  AFFECTED  WITH  MILD  FORM. 

Section  2.  Sheep  which  are  affected  with  the  mild  or  inactive  form 
of  lip-and-leg  ulceration  involving  the  lips  or  face  without  evidence 
of  pus  formation  may  be  moved  interstate,  provided  the  affected 
parts  are  immediately  before  such  movement  treated  with  an  emol- 
lient dressing  containing  100  parts  (by  weight)  mutton  tallow,  vase- 
line, or  lard,  10  parts  flowers  of  sulphur,  and  five  parts  pure  carbolic 


28  REGULATIONS INTERSTATE   MOVEMENT  OF   LIVE   STOCK. 

acid.  (In  lieu  of  the  carbolic  acid  3  parts  cresol  compound  U.  S.  P. 
may  be  used.)  When  this  treatment  is  given  at  public  stockyards 
where  Federal  inspection  is  maintained  it  should  be  done  under  the 
supervision  of  an  employee  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry. 

REGULATION  8.  TO  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD  OF  TUBERCULOSIS  IN 

CATTLE  AND  SWINE. 

(Act  of  May  29,  1884.) 
INTERSTATE    MOVEMENT   PROHIBITED. 

Section  1.  No  cattle  or  swine  affected  with  tuberculosis  as  dis- 
closed by  a  physical  examination  or  by  the  tuberculin  test,  or  by  any 
other  means,  shall  be  shipped,  trailed,  transported,  or  otherwise  re- 
moved from  one  State  or  the  District  of  Columbia  into  another  State 
or  the  District  of  Columbia. 

REGULATION  9.  TO    PREVENT    THE    SPREAD    OF    GLANDERS    IN 
HORSES,  MULES,  AND  ASSES. 

(Act  of  May  29,  1884.) 

INTERSTATE  MOVEMENT  PROHIBITED. 

Section  1.  No  horses,  mules,  or  asses  affected  with  glanders  as  dis- 
closed by  a  physical  examination  or  by  the  mallein  test,  or  by  other 
means,  shall  be  shipped,  trailed,  transported,  or  otherwise  removed 
from  one  State  or  the  District  of  Columbia  into  another  State  or  the 
District  of  Columbia. 

INFORMATION  FOR  THE  GUIDANCE  OF  CARRIERS  AND  OTHERS 
RELATIVE  TO  THE  FEEDING,  WATERING,  AND  RESTING  OF  LIVE 
STOCK  IN  COURSE  OF  INTERSTATE  TRANSPORTATION. 

In  connection  with  the  enforcement  of  the  28-hour  law  (34  Stat., 
607),  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  has  made  investigation  of  the 
feeding,  watering,  and  resting  of  cattle,  sheep,  swine,  and  other 
animals  while  in  the  course  of  interstate  transportation.  The  results 
of  this  investigation  and  the  conclusions  based  thereon  are  hereby 
announced  as  an  indication  of  the  views  of  the  Department  of  Agri- 
culture as  to  the  minimum  requirements  of  the  law. 

FEEDING. 

The  amount  of  feed  which  should  be  given  to  different  classes  of 
animals  varies  with  the  length  of  time  between  feedings  and  the 
weights  of  the  animals.  For  each  24  hours  the  ration  for  horses  and 
cattle  should  be  not  less  than  1  j  pounds  of  hay  to  each  hundredweight 
of  animal ;  for  sheep,  not  less  than  1£  pounds  of  hay  to  each  hundred- 
weight of  animal;  and  for  hogs,  not  less  than  1  pound  of  shelled, 


REGULATIONS INTERSTATE   MOVEMENT   OF   LIVE   STOCK.  29 

corn,  or  its  equivalent  in  ear  corn  or  other  grain,  to  each  hundred- 
weight of  animal.     For  periods  greater  or  less  than  24  hoars,  the 

ration  should  be  greater  or  less,  respectively,  in  the  same  propor 

TRANSPORTATION  WITHOUT  UNLOADING. 

The  only  practicable  methods  for  railroads  to  transport  animals, 
other  than  hogs,  without  unloading  during  each  period  prescribed  by 
the  statute  for  rest,  water,  and  feeding,  are  in  "  palace  "  or  similar 
stock  cars  and  with  emigrant  outfits.  There  are  cases  in  which  ex- 
ceptional facilities  complying  with  the  law  make  unloading  unneces- 
sary, as,  for  instance,  specially  equipped  cars  conveying  show  animals 
and  blooded  stock.  In  such  cases,  however,  care  should  be  taken  to 
observe  the  law.  In  all  cases  where  animals  are  not  unloaded  suffi- 
cient space  to  permit  all  the  animals  to  lie  down  in  the  cars  at  the 
same  time  must  be  provided. 

Hogs  may  be  fed,  watered,  and  rested  without  unloading  provided 
(a)  the  cars  are  loaded  so  as  to  allow  all  the  animals  to  have  suffi- 
cient space  to  lie  down  at  the  same  time,  (b)  the  trains  are  stopped 
for  sufficient  time  to  allow  the  watering  troughs  to  be  prepared  and 
to  allow  every  hog  to  drink  his  fill,  and  (c)  care  is  exercised  to  dis- 
tribute carefully  throughout  each  car  deck  sufficient  shelled  corn, 
or  its  equivalent  in  ear  corn  or  other  grain,  for  each  hog. 

UNLOADING  PENS. 

All  pens  into  which  animals  are  unloaded  must  contain  adequate 
facilities  for  feeding  and  watering  and  suitable  space  on  which  the 
animals  can  lie  down  comfortably  for  resting.  Covered  pens  should 
be  provided  for  unloading  animals  in  severe  weather. 


ACTS  OF  CONGRESS. 

AN  ACT  For  the  establishment  of  a  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  to  prevent  the  exporta- 
tion of  diseased  cattle,  and  to  provide  means  for  the  suppression  and  extirpation  of 
pleuro-pneumonia  and  other  contagious  diseases  among  domestic  animals.     (23  Stat.,  31.) 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  Commissioner  of  Agricul- 
ture shall  organize  in  his  department  a  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry,  and  shall 
appoint  a  chief  thereof,  who  shall  be  a  competent  veterinary  surgeon,  and  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  investigate  and  report  upon  the  condition  of  domestic  animals 
of  the  United  States,  their  protection  and  use,  and  also  inquire  into  and  report 
the  causes  of  contagious,  infectious,  and  communicable  diseases  among  them, 
and  the  means  for  the  prevention  and  cure  of  the  same,  and  to  collect  such 
information  on  these  subjects  as  shall  be  valuable  to  the  agricultural  and  com- 
mercial interests  of  the  country ;  and  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture  is  hereby 
authorized  to  employ  a  force  sufficient  for  this  purpose,  not  to  exceed  twenty 
persons  at  any  one  time.  The  salary  of  the  chief  of  said  bureau  shall  be  three 
thousand  dollars  per  annum;  and  the  commissioner  shall  appoint  a  clerk  for 
said  bureau,  with  a  salary  of  one  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture  is  authorized  to  appoint  two 
competent  agents,  who  shall  be  practical  stock  raisers  or  experienced  business 
men  familiar  with  questions  pertaining  to  commercial  transactions  in  live  stock, 
and  whose  duty  it  shall  be,  under  the  instructions  of  the  Commissioner  of  Agri- 
culture, to  examine  and  report  upon  the  best  methods  of  treating,  transporting, 
and  caring  for  animals,  and  the  means  to  be  adopted  for  the  suppression  and 
extirpation  of  contagious  pleuro-pneumonia,  and  to  provide  against  the  spread  of 
other  dangerous,  contagious,  infectious,  and  communicable  diseases.  The  com- 
pensation of  said  agents  shall  be  at  the  rate  of  ten  dollars  per  diem,  with  all 
necessary  expenses  while  engaged  in  the  actual  performance  of  their  duties 
under  this  act,  when  absent  from  their  usual  place  of  business  or  residence  as 
such  agent. 

Sec  3.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture  to  pre- 
pare such  rules  and  regulations  as  he  may  deem  necessary  for  the  speedy  and 
effectual  suppression  and  extirpation  of  said  diseases,  and  to  certify  such  rules 
and  regulations  to  the  executive  authority  of  each  State  and  Territory,  and 
invite  said  authorities  to  cooperate  in  the  execution  and  enforcement  of  this 
act.  Whenever  the  plans  and  methods  of  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture 
shall  be  accepted  by  any  State  or  Territory  in  which  pleuro-pneumonia  or 
other  contagious,  infectious,  or  communicable  disease  is  declared  to  exist,  or 
such  State  or  Territory  shall  have  adopted  plans  and  methods  for  the  sup- 
pression and  extirpation  of  said  diseases,  and  such  plans  and  methods  shall  be 
accepted  by  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture,  and  whenever  the  governor  of  a 
State  or  other  properly  constituted  authorities  signify  their  readiness  to  co- 
operate for  the  extinction  of  any  contagious,  infectious,  or  communicable  disease 
in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture 
is  hereby  authorized  to  expend  so  much  of  the  money  appropriated  by  this  act 
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as  may  be  necessary  in  such  lnveetigatl<mfl  and  in  such  disinfection  and  quaran- 
tine measures  as  may  be  necessary  to  prevent  the  spread  of  the  disease  from 

one  State  or  Territory  Into  another. 

Sec.  4.  That  in  order  to  promote  the  exportation  of  live  stock  from  the  United 
States  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture  shall  make  special  Investigation  ae  te 
the   existence   of   pleuropneumonia,    or   any   contagious,    Infectious,    or    conv 

municable  disease,  along  the  dividing  lines  between  the  United  States  and  for- 
eign countries,  and  along  the  lines  of  transportation  from  all  parts  of  the 
United  States  to  porta  from  which  live  stock  are  exported,  and  make  report 
of  the  results  of  such  Investigation  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  who 
shall  from  time  to  time  establish  such  regulations  concerning  the  exportation 
and  transportation  of  live  stock  as  the  results  of  said  investigations  may 
require. 

Si .c.  5.  That  to  prevent  the  exportation  from  any  port  of  the  United  States 
to  any  port  in  a  foreign  country  of  live  stock  affected  with  any  contagious,  in- 
fectious, or  communicable  disease,  and  especially  pleuro-pneumonia.  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Treasury  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  to  take  such  steps  and 
adopt  such  measures,  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  as  he 
may  deem  necessary. 

Sec  6.  That  no  railroad  company  within  the  United  States,  or  the  owners 
or  masters  of  any  steam  or  sailing  or  other  vessel  or  boat,  shall  receive  for 
transportation  or  transport,  from  one  State  or  Territory  to  another,  or  from 
any  State  into  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  from  the  District  into  any  State,  any 
live  stock  affected  with  any  contagious,  infectious,  or  communicable  disease, 
and  especially  the  disease  known  as  pleuro-pneumonia ;  nor  shall  any  person, 
company,  or  corporation  deliver  for  such  transportation  to  any  railroad  com- 
pany, or  master  or  owner  of  any  boat  or  vessel,  any  live  stock,  knowing  them 
to  be  affected  with  any  contagious,  infectious,  or  communicable  disease;  nor 
shall  any  person,  company,  or  corporation  drive  on  foot  or  transport  in  private 
conveyance  from  one  State  or  Territory  to  another,  or  from  any  State  into  the 
District  of  Columbia,  or  from  the  District  into  any  State,  any  live  stock,  know- 
ing them  to  be  affected  with  any  contagious,  infectious,  or  communicable  dis- 
ease, and  especially  the  disease  known  as  pleuro-pneumonia:  Provided,  That 
the  so-called  splenetic,  or  Texas,  fever  shall  not  be  considered  a  contagious, 
infectious,  or  communicable  disease  within  the  meaning  of  sections  four,  five, 
six.  and  seven  of  this  act,  as  to  cattle  being  transported  by  rail  to  market  for 
slaughter,  when  the  same  are  unloaded  only  to  be  fed  and  watered  in  lots  on 
the  way  thereto. 

.  7.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture  to  notify, 
in  writing,  the  proper  officials  or  agents  of  any  railroad,  steamboat,  or  other 
transportation  company  doing  business  in  or  through  any  infected  locality, 
and  by  publication  in  such  newspapers  as  he  may  select,  of  the  existence  of 
said  contagion;  and  any  person  or  persons  operating  any  such  railroad,  or 
master  or  owner  of  any  boat  or  vessel,  or  owner  or  custodian  of  or  person  having 
control  over  such  cattle  or  other  live  stock  within  such  infected  district,  who 
shall  knowingly  violate  the  provisions  of  section  six  of  this  act,  shall  be  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less 
than  one  hundred  dollars  nor  more  than  five  thousand  dollars,  or  be  imprisoned 
for  not  more  than  one  year,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  Imprisonment 

Sic  8.  That  whenever  any  contagious,  Infectious,  or  communicable  disease 
affecting  domestic  animals,  and  especially  the  disease  known  as  pleuro-pneu- 
monia, shall  be  brought  into  or  shall  break  out  in  the  Dlstricl  of  Columbia,  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Commissioners  of  said  District   to   take  measures  to 


32  REGULATION'S INTERSTATE   MOVEMENT  OF   LIVE  STOCK. 

suppress  the  same  promptly  and  to  prevent  the  same  from  spreading;  and  for 
this  purpose  the  said  Commissioners  are  hereby  empowered  to  order  and  require 
that  any  premises,  farm,  or  farms,  where  such  disease  exists,  or  has  existed, 
be  put  in  quarantine;  to  order  all  or  any  animals  coming  into  the  District  to 
be  detained  at  any  place  or  places  for  the  purpose  of  inspection  and  examina- 
tion; to  prescribe  regulations  for  and  require  the  destruction  of  animals  affected 
with  contagious,  infectious,  and  communicable  disease,  and  for  the  proper  dis- 
position of  their  hides  and  carcasses;  to  prescribe  regulations  for  disinfection, 
and  such  other  regulations  as  they  may  deem  necessary  to  prevent  infection  or 
contagion  being  communicated,  and  shall  report  to  the  Commissioner  of  Agri- 
culture whatever  they  may  do  in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

Sec.  9.  That  it  shall,  be  the  duty  of  the  several  United  States  district  attorneys 
to  prosecute  all  violations  of  this  act  which  shall  be  brought  to  their  notice  or 
knowledge  by  any  person  making  the  complaint  under  oath ;  and  the  same  shall 
be  heard  before  any  district  or  circuit  court  of  the  United  States  or  Terri- 
torial court  holden  within  the  district  in  which  the  violation  of  this  act  has 
been   committed. 

Sec.  10.  That  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars,  to  be  imme- 
diately available,  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  is  hereby  appro- 
priated, out  of  any  moneys  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  carry 
into  effect  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Sec  11.  That  the  Commissioner  of  Agriculture  shall  report  annually  to  Con- 
gress, at  the  commencement  of  each  session,  a  list  of  the  names  of  all  persons 
employed,  an  itemized  statement  of  all  expenditures  under  this  act,  and  full 
particulars  of  means  adopted  and  carried  into  effect  for  the  suppression  of  con- 
tagious, infectious,  or  communicable  diseases  among  domestic  animals. 

Approved,  May  29,  1884. 


AN  ACT  To  enable  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  to  more  effectually  suppress  and  prevent 
the  spread  of  contagious  and  infectious  diseases  of  live  stock,  and  for  other  purposes. 
(32  Stat.,  791.) 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  in  order  to  enable  the  Secretary 
of  Agriculture  to  effectually  suppress  and  extirpate  contagious  pleuro- 
pneumonia, foot-and-mouth  disease,  and  other  dangerous,  contagious,  infectious, 
and  communicable  diseases  in  cattle  and  other  live  stock,  and  to  prevent  the 
spread  of  such  diseases,  the  powers  conferred  on  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  by 
sections  four  and  five  of  an  act  entitled  "An  act  for  the  establishment  of  a  Bureau 
of  Animal  Industry,  to  prevent  the  exportation  of  diseased  cattle,  and  to  pro- 
vide means  for  the  suppression  and  extirpation  of  pleuro-pneumonia  and  other 
contagious  diseases  among  domestic  animals,"  approved  May  twenty-ninth, 
eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-four  ( twenty -third  United  States  Statutes,  thirty- 
one),  are  hereby  conferred  on  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  to  be  exercised 
exclusively  by  him.  He  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed,  from  time  to  time, 
to  establish  such  rules  and  regulations  concerning  the  exportation  and  trans- 
portation of  live  stock  from  any  place  within  the  United  States  where  he  may 
have  reason  to  believe  such  diseases  may  exist  into  and  through  any  State  or 
Territory,  including  the  Indian  Territory,  and  into  and  through  the  District  of 
Columbia  and  to  foreign  countries,  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  and  all  such  rules 
and  regulations  shall  have  the  force  of  law.  Whenever  any  inspector  or  as- 
sistant inspector  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry?  shall  issue  a  certificate  show- 


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ing  that  such  officer  had  Inspected  any  cattle  of  other  Uva  stock  which  were 
about  to  be  shipped,  driven,  or  transported  from  such  locality  to  another,  as 
above  stated,  and  had  found  them  free  from  Texas,  or  splenetic,  fever  infec- 
tion, pleuro-pneumonia.  foot-and-mouth  disease,  or  any  other  Infectious,  con- 
tagions, or  communicable  disease,  such  animals  so  inspected  and  certified  may 
be  shipped,  driven,  or  transported  from  such  place  into  and  through  any  Slate 
or  Territory,  including  the  Indian  Territory,  and  into  and  through  the  District 
of  Columbia,  or  they  may  be  exported  from  the  United  States  without  further 
inspection  or  the  exaction  of  fees  of  any  kind,  except  such  as  may  at  any  time 
be  ordered  or  exacted  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture;  and  all  such  animals 
shall  at  all  times  be  under  the  control  and  supervision  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal 
Industry  of  the  Agricultural  Department  for  the  purposes  of  such  Inspection. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  shall  have  authority  to  make  such 
regulations  and  take  such  measures  as  he  may  deem  proper  to  prevent  the 
introduction  or  dissemination  of  any  contagious,  infections,  or  communicable 
disease  of  animals  from  a  foreign  country  into  the  United  States  or  from  one 
State  or  Territory  of  the  United  States  or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  another, 
and  to  seize,  quarantine,  and  dispose  of  any  hay,  straw,  forage,  or  similar 
material,  or  any  meats,  hides,  or  other  animal  products  coming  from  an  infected 
foreign  country  to  the  United  States,  or  from  one  State  or  Territory  or  the 
District  of  Columbia  in  transit  to  another  State  or  Territory  or  the  District 
of  Columbia  whenever  in  his  judgment  such  action  is  advisable  in  order  to 
guard  against  the  introduction  or  spread  of  such  contagion. 

Sec  3.  That  any  person,  company,  or  corporation  knowingly  violating  the 
provisions  of  this  act  or  the  orders  or  regulations  made  in  pursuance  thereof 
shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  shall  be  punished  by  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars  nor  more  than  one  thousand  dollars, 
or  by  imprisonment  not  more  than  one  year,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprison- 
ment. 

Approved,  February  2,  1903. 

AN  ACT  To  enable  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  to  establish  and  maintain  quarantine 
districts,  to  permit  and  regulate  the  movement  of  cattle  and  other  live  stock  therefrom, 
and  for  other  purposes.     (33  Stat.,  1264.) 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  is 
authorized  and  directed  to  quarantine  any  State  or  Territory  or  the  District 
of  Columbia,  or  any  portion  of  any  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia, when  he  shall  determine  the  facts  that  cattle  or  other  live  stock  in  such 
State  or  Territory  or  District  of  Columbia  are  affected  with,  any  contagious, 
infectious,  or  communicable  disease;  and  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  is 
directed  to  give  written  or  printed  notice  of  the  establishment  of  quarantine  to 
the  proper  officers  of  railroad,  steamboat,  or  other  transportation  companies 
doing  business  in  or  through  any  quarantined  State  or  Territory  or  the  District 
of  Columbia,  and  to  publish  in  such  newspapers  in  the  quarantined  State  or 
Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  as  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  may 
select,  notice  of  the  establishment  of  quarantine. 

Sec.  2.  That  no  railroad  company  or  the  owners  or  masters  of  any  steam  or 
sailing  or  other  vessel  or  boat  shall  receive  for  transportation  or  transport 
from  any  quarantined  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  from 
the  quarantined  portion  of  any  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia, 


34         REGULATIONS INTERSTATE   MOVEMENT  OF   LIVE  STOCK. 

into  any  other  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  any  cattle  or 
other  live  stock,  except  as  hereinafter  provided ;  nor  shall  any  person,  company, 
or  corporation  deliver  for  such  transportation  to  any  railroad  company,  or  to 
the  master  or  owner  of  any  boat  or  vessel  any  cattle  or  other  live  stock,  except 
as  hereinafter  provided;  nor  shall  any  person,  company,  or  corporation  drive 
on  foot,  or  cause  to  be  driven  on  foot,  or  transport  in  private  conveyance  or 
cause  to  be  transported  in  private  conveyance,  from  a  quarantined  State  or 
Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  from  the  quarantined  portion  of 
any  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  into  any  other  State  or 
Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  any  cattle  or  other  live  stock,  except  as 
hereinafter  provided. 

Sec.  3.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  and  he  is 
hereby  authorized  and  directed,  when  the  public  safety  will  permit,  to  make 
and  promulgate  rules  and  regulations  which  shall  permit  and  govern  the 
inspection,  disinfection,  certification,  treatment,  handling,  and  method  and 
manner  of  delivery  and  shipment  of  cattle  or  other  live  stock  from  a  quaran- 
tined State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  from  the  quarantined 
portion  of  -any  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  into  any  other 
State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia ;  and  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture 
shall  give  notice  of  such  rules  and  regulations  in  the  manner  provided  in  section 
two  of  this  act  for  notice  of  establishment  of  quarantine. 

Sec.  4.  That  cattle  or  other  live  stock  may  be  moved  from  a  quarantined 
State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  from  the  quarantined  por- 
tion of  any  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  into  any  other 
State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  under  and  in  compliance  with 
the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  made  and  promul- 
gated in  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of  section  three  of  this  act ;  but  it  shall  be 
unlawful  to  move,  or  to  allow  to  be  moved,  any  cattle  or  other  live  stock  from 
any  quarantined  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  from  the 
quarantined  portion  of  any  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  into 
any  other  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  in  manner  or  method 
or  under  conditions  other  than  those  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture. 

Sec  5.  That  every  person  who  forcibly  assaults,  resists,  opposes,  prevents, 
impedes,  or  interferes  with  any  officer  or  employee  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal 
Industry  of  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture  in  the  execution  of 
his  duties,  or  on  account  of  the  execution  of  his  duties,  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  one  hundred  dollars  nor  more  than  one  thousand  dollars,  or  be  im- 
prisoned not  less  than  one  month  nor  more  than  one  year,  or  by  both  such  fine 
and  imprisonment;  and  every  person  who  discharges  any  deadly  weapon  at 
any  officer  or  employee  of  the  Bureau  of  Animal  Industry  of  the  United  States 
Department  of  Agriculture,  or  uses  any  dangerous  or  deadly  weapon  in  re- 
sisting him  in  the  execution  of  his  duties,  with  intent  to  commit  a  bodily  in- 
jury upon  him  or  to  deter  or  prevent  him  from  discharging  his  duties,  or  on 
account  of  the  performance  of  his  duties,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  imprisoned 
at  hard  labor  for  a  term  not  more  than  five  years  or  fined  not  to  exceed  one 
thousand  dollars. 

Sec  6.  That  any  person,  company,  or  corporation  violating  the  provisions 
of  sections  two  or  four  of  this  act  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  on  con- 
viction shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  thousand  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  more  than  one  year, 
or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Approved,  March  3,  1905. 


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AN  ACT  To  prevent  cruelty  to  animals  while  in   transit  by  railroad  or  other  m 

transportation  from  one  State  or  Territory  or  tho  District  of  Columbia  Into  or  through 
another  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  repealing  sections  forty-time 
hundred  and  eighty-six,  forty-three  hundred  and  eighty-seven,  forty-three  hundred  and 
eighty-eight,  forty-three  hundred  and  eighty-nine,  and  forty-three  hundred  and  ninety 
of  the  United  States  Revised  Statutes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  ti<<  Mates 

of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  no  railroad,  express  company,  car  com- 
pany, common  carrier  other  than  by  water,  or  the  receiver,  trustee,  or 
of  any  of  them,  whose  road  forms  any  part  of  a  line  of  road  over  which  cattle, 
sheep,  swine,  or  other  animals  shall  be  conveyed  from  one  State  or  Territory 
or  the  District  of  Columbia  into  or  through  another  State  or  Territory  or  the 
District  of  Columbia,  or  the  owners  or  masters  of  steam,  sailing,  or  other  ves- 
sels carrying  or  transporting  cattle,  sheep,  :;wine,  or  other  animals  from  one 
State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia  into  or  through  another  State  or 
Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  shall  confine  the  same  in  cars,  boats,  or 
vessels  of  any  description  for  a  period  longer  than  twenty-eight  consecutive 
hours  without  unloading  the  same  in  a  humane  manner,  into  properly  equipped 
pens  for  rest,  water,  and  feeding,  for  a  period  of  at  least  five  consecutive  hours, 
unless  prevented  by  storm  or  by  other  accidental  or  unavoidable  causes  which 
can  not  be  anticipated  or  avoided  by  the  exercise  of  due  diligence  and  fore- 
sight: Provided,  That  upon  the  written  request  of  the  owner  or  person  in  cus- 
tody of  that  particular  shipment,  which  written  request  shall  be  separate  and 
apart  from  any  printed  bill  of  lading,  or  other  railroad  form,  the  time  of  con- 
finement may  be  extended  to  thirty-six  hours.  In  estimating  such  confinement, 
the  time  consumed  in  loading  and  unloading  shall  not  be  considered,  but  the  time 
during  which  the  animals  have  been  confined  without  such  rest  or  food  or 
water  on  connecting  roads  shall  be  included,  it  being  the  intent  of  this  act  to 
prohibit  their,  continuous  confinement  beyond  the  period  of  twenty -eight  hours, 
except  upon  the  contingencies  hereinbefore  stated:  Provided.  That  it  shall  not 
be  required  that  sheep  be  unloaded  in  the  nighttime,  but  where  the  time  expires 
in  the  nighttime  in  case  of  sheep  the  same  may  continue  in  transit  to  a  suitable 
place  for  unloading,  subject  to  the  aforesaid  limitation  of  thirty-six  hours. 

Sec.  2.  That  animals  so  unloaded  shall  be  properly  fed  and  watered,  during 
such  rest  either  by  the  owner  or  person  having  the  custody  thereof,  or  in  case 
of  his  default  in  so  doing  then  by  the  railroad,  express  company,  car  company, 
common  carrier  other  than  by  water,  or  the  receiver,  trustee,  or  lessee  of  any 
of  them,  or  by  the  owners  or  masters  of  boats  or  vessels  transporting  the  same,  at 
the  reasonable  expense  of  the  owner  or  person  in  custody  thereof,  and  such 
railroad,  express  company,  car  company,  common  carrier  other  than  by  water, 
receiver,  trustee,  or  lessee  of  any  of  them,  owners  or  masters,  shall  in  such  case 
have  a  lien  upon  such  animals  for  food,  care,  and  custody  furnished,  collectible 
at  their  destination  in  the  same  manner  as  the  transportation  charges  are  col- 
lected, and  shall  not  be  liable  for  any  detention  of  such  animals,  when  such 
detention  is  of  reasonable  duration,  to  enable  compliance  with  section  one  of 
this  act ;  but  nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  owner  or 
shipper  of  animals  from  furnishing  food  therefor  if  he  so  desires. 

Sec.  3.  That  any  railroad,  express  company,  car  company,  common  carrier 
other  than  by  water,  or  the  receiver,  trustee,  or  lessee  of  any  of  them,  or  the 
master  or  owner  of  any  steam,  sailing,  or  other  vessel  who  knowingly  and  will- 
fully fails  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  the  two  preceding  sections,  shall  for 
every  such  failure  be  liable  for  and  forfeit  and  pay  a  penalty  of  not  less  than 
one  hundred  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars:  Prodded,  That  when  animals 


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are  carried  in  cars,  boats,  or  other  vessels  in  which  they  can  and  do  have  proper 
food,  water,  space,  and  opportunity  to  rest  the  provisions  in  regard  to  their 
being  unloaded  shall  not  apply. 

Sec.  4.  That  the  penalty  created  by  the  preceding  section  shall  be  recovered 
by  civil  action  in  the  name  of  the  United  States  in  the  circuit  or  district  court 
holden  within  the  district  where  the  violation  may  have  been  committed  or  the 
person  or  corporation  resides  or  carries  on  business;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  United  States  attorneys  to  prosecute  all  violations  of  this  act  reported  by  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture,  or  which  come  to  their  notice  or  knowledge  by  other 
means. 

Sec  5.  That  sections  forty-three  hundred  and  eighty-six,  forty-three  hundred 
and  eighty-seven,  forty-three  hundred  and  eighty-eight,  forty-three  hundred  and 
eighty-nine,  and  forty-three  hundred  and  ninety  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the 
United  States  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  repealed. 

Approved,  June  29,  1906. 


[Extract  from  act  approved  March  4,  1913  (37  Stat.,  831).] 

That  hereafter  all  the  provisions  of  the  said  act  approved  March  third,  nine- 
teen hundred  and  five,  shall  apply  to  any  railroad  company  or  other  common 
carrier,  whose  road  or  line  forms  any  part  of  a  route  over  which  cattle  or 
other  live  stock  are  transported  in  the  course  of  shipment  from  any  quaran- 
tined State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  from  the  quarantined 
portion  of  any  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  into  any  other 
State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia ;     *     *     *. 

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